Life on a submaarine

[Mik]

Not for me, nope, nosir.

https://en.culturess.com/view/?id=life-on-submarines-cul&src=facebook&page=28

[Jolly]

Old Skool, simplified...

Link to video

[George K]

One of my partners had two sons going to the Naval Academy. One of them ended up in the Marines, doing intelligence work, the other became, over his dad's objections, a submariner.

I think he lasted about 2 years, and then it got to him.

[Axtremus]

How I wish OperaTenor is here to tell all about it!

[taiwan_girl]

I took the tour of the German submarine at the museum in Chicago.

Quite interesting!

[89th]

Submarines, and WWII battleships for that matter, are incredibly claustrophobic…at least in my tours of them, no thank you. That would be very tough mentally and physically, and I am from a wimpier generation.

[George K]

Das Boot is probably the best submarine movie ever made. If you haven't watch it.

The TV series is very good as well, but it's not as much focused on submariners' lives as the politics and shore-side events of WWII.

Oh, and of course, Red October is a great film, though I wonder (not really) how accurate it was in its depiction of submarine life.

@taiwan_girl , I haven't toured the U505 in years and years. I should revisit.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Life on a submaarine:

Das Boot is probably the best submarine movie ever made. If you haven't watch it.

The TV series is very good as well, but it's not as much focused on submariners' lives as the politics and shore-side events of WWII.

Oh, and of course, Red October is a great film, though I wonder (not really) how accurate it was in its depiction of submarine life.

@taiwan_girl , I haven't toured the U505 in years and years. I should revisit.

If you get the chance, compare the 505 to a U.S. WW2 fleet sub - Gato, Balao or Tench class. I think even the Gato class is a better sub, although it doesn't dive as deep. If you served on an American sub, you got better food, laundry facilities and....wait for it.....Air Conditioning.