Posted: 3/20/2015 7:35:29 PM EDT
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I understand this is training and all but there have been very few sailors who have survived major accidents or wartime casualties.
Rescue is only likely at a fairly shallow level and most war time casualties in WWII were in water depths that crushed the subs or flooded them as they sank. Squalis had quite a few saves with a bell type rescue some time before WWII. Tang had a handful of guys swept off the bridge or control room as she sunk . After she sank about a dozen or so guys made it out the escape hatch at a depth of 80 or so feet and I believe 6 or 8 of them survived ,were picked up by the japs and managed to survive 18 months or so in the camps . They were in very rough shape , many would have likely passed soon if the war had not ended . total crew of about 80 and I believe 11 or 12 survived. Of all the guys to have served on WWII subs 25% did not make it back |