Makes sense. Late-war boat spending most of its time submerged. Not much can be done about the smell, hell they (505) had a bucket in the middle of the gangway in the diesel room for doing your business. The smell was even bad to an extent when the boats could primarily stay surfaced. But regardless, there was always cleaning happening, as far as dirt was concerned, it was mitigated to the extent they could mitigate it.
Derprophet hit the nail on the head - wasn’t sterile, but wasn’t “filthy” either. Daily Reinschiff was/is an old German naval tradition and was a part of the typical U-boat schedule.
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