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Quoted: I did my time on subs. If I never see, or smell , the inside of another one, I be happy with that.
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Smell? What do subs smell like?
What sub were you on?
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A combination of diesel fuel, lube oil, cooking grease, 110+ men's BO, 110+ men's stinky farts, briney bilge water, shit and piss (depending on the cleanliness of the head), just to name a few. It is a smell that literally sticks to your skin. When I came home from ops, I was ordered by my wife to strip everything off in the garage and immediately throw it in the washer and to take a long shower. Only after that would she come near me. She absolutely hated to pick me up because she had to spend 45min in the car with me smelling like that.
I was on the USS Sandlance, SSN660 for a couple of years. You are probably using razor blades made from its hull, or so the joke goes, as I believe it is no longer in service.