They were just sitting there because they were dead. And a modern sub would be utterly spacious compared to that machine.
They died at their post. Braver men than me... looking at that machine, I just shake my head in awe at their guts.
And how many crews had drowned during training in the Hunley prior to its first, and last, combat sortie? Two?
I don’t think you could have paid me enough to go aboard and submerge after that.
Come to think of it, I had always assumed that the Hunley’s crews were volunteers. Does anyone know if that’s true?
They were all volunteers.