Here's the Silent Service episode for the Salmon:
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
I have tried, especially when visit the actual boats, walking through, can imagine it was horrible but of course am sure it was way worse than one can imagine, one of those had to be there things. I often wonder about what we now know PTSD among WW II submariners, especially from incidents such as what SALMON endured.
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I went on a submarine tour (I think it was HMS Ocelot, which is a post war sub, as one of the former crew was doing the tour) and he explained the system of overhead pipes with points to charge your air supply with in the case of an emergency evacuation. This was in the torpedo room and explained how they would flood the room and open the escape hatch to get out. It sounded pretty dire.
Then he turned out the lights and it was pitch black. No light at all. Couldn't even see a hand in front of your face. Then he said 'now imagine you've been injured, with maybe a broken arm'. That was I thought that I was glad I wouldn't be doing that for real that day.
On the US subs the escape system wasn't as quick.