I've often posted on how much bigger and more habitable (user friendly?) US fleet boats were than u-boats, but upon watching it again last night I got quite a shock. I was watching one of the scenes with Gable and Lancaster together and I suddenly realized that they weren't in the control room in that scene; they were in the CONNING TOWER! Six men on regular watch plus the skipper and the XO...in the conning tower! In Das Boot there was barely room for the captain and his 1WO! Of course their attack scope was powered and had a seat, but still...
