Dan D's comments brought me back to the day of the dive in Nautilus. (Hello again Dan!). What I remembered most was the smell of salt water on steel, a sort of rust smell, when we opened the hatch on the surface. You could almost taste it. A memorable experience. And we had only been underwater for a short time, while in peacetime in a friendly port!
Even though I experienced this, I can still not imagine what it would be like to open the hatch of a sub filled with 60 men and the stink, fumes and bad air after surviving a depth charge attack. We are the lucky ones.
Thanks for your post Wizz and sharing your experiences and thoughts
