[Nateman]

They have a WWII sub (USS PAMPANITO SS-383) docked in San Francisco. I went there with two other submarine veterans off of my sub. Because we were submarine vets the tour guide took us into parts of the ship which were normally off limits.

[llevrok]

Life aboard those WW2 era subs must have been pretty stark, from all accounts I read.

[JohnG45]

I went there with two other submarine veterans off of my sub. Because we were submarine vets the tour guide took us into parts of the ship which were normally off limits.

You were a submariner and refer to a submarine as a ship?

[ken5050]

If you haven't already, I hope that one day you get the chance to visit the USS Bowfin and the Memorial Park to all the subs still on "eternal patrol."

I remember that right after we got back home from that trip, we'd started on plans to remodel our kitchen..I do most of the cooking and my then-wife said, after steeping inside he Bowfin's galley, that I should never, NEVER, again complain about not having enough counter space. It is truly amazing that 2-3 cooks could produce all those meals, for all the crew, in a space that is smaller than my closet.