Life on a submaarine
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wrote on 21 Mar 2023, 19:19 last edited by
Not for me, nope, nosir.
https://en.culturess.com/view/?id=life-on-submarines-cul&src=facebook&page=28
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wrote on 21 Mar 2023, 20:14 last edited by
Old Skool, simplified...
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wrote on 21 Mar 2023, 20:19 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2023, 01:35 last edited by
How I wish OperaTenor is here to tell all about it!
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wrote on 23 Mar 2023, 00:40 last edited by
I took the tour of the German submarine at the museum in Chicago.
Quite interesting!
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wrote on 23 Mar 2023, 01:09 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 23 Mar 2023, 02:07 last edited by
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.
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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.
wrote on 23 Mar 2023, 02:58 last edited by@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.