Our guide to the best wrecked submarines of the Atlantic shows you where and how. For 50 bodies, there is only one head. Fresh water is in short supply because some water tanks are filled with fuel to extend the boat's range.
Showers are rare and taken out of a bucket of seawater passed around the entire crew.
To top it all off, every time you surface for a breath of fresh air, the good guys bomb the crap out of you. As difficult as living conditions were, German U-boats were extremely successful at disrupting ship convoys that ferried massive quantities of supplies to Russia and Great Britain. In 1942 alone, German subs sank more than 1,000 ships off the U.S. East Coast. This Sub's For U Submarines, whether German or American, are relatively small wrecks with little structure to attract marine life or for divers to explore, yet they're very popular dives. The fascination can be dangerous.