You're right about that. If you are in the enemy's sights, you literally have no where to run, no where to hide. You gotta stand and fight and survive or die. And abandoning ship is no guarantee of survival, either, since without something to hold you out of the water you'll drop about two or three levels on the food chain. And dying of thirst surrounded by undrinkable water has to be unimaginable torture.
All who are brave enough to go out and meet the enemy in battle deserve our honor and respect, but especially so are those who battle the enemy at sea.
You're right about that. If you are in the enemy's sights, you literally have no where to run, no where to hide. You gotta stand and fight and survive or die. Dad's introduction to the Japanese was as part of an AA crew at the base of the #3 turret on the Maryland off Okinawa. A kamikaze flew bare feet above his head and impacted on the top of said turret.
He got through WWII, a police action in China, Korea and Vietnam. Never got a Purple Heart.