We have a sub here in Cleveland, the USS Cod, but I’d be too afraid to go inside being a confirmed claustrophobe. But I love sub movies 
my favorite being Crimson Tide.
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Um, yeah. Y’gotta be a little crazy to begin with, going on a ship that’s designed to sink, right? We used to get grief from some skimmers (surface Fleet people) until we’d remind them every ship in the Navy can sink. Only a certain few can come back up.
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All of the above.
While I haven’t done much paint work, I’m slowly working on converting everything to a remote control system I designed.
I have a couple of faves. Das Boot because it is so terribly realistic. It’s also amazing, how much of the equipment on a WWII u-boat looks familiar. Then there’s always The Hunt For Red October. Connery was just amazing, the kind of skipper most of the people I know from submarining would reenlist just to have a chance to serve under. Again, all the bubbleheads I know, and I, think it was quite realistic. People have no idea what really goes on down under.
Having heard the stories of what the Soviet submariners went through during the 13 days of the Cuban missile crisis (having to stay submerged on radio silence breathing diesel fumes in incredible heat while being pinged and depth charged and not knowing if WW3 was underway) gives me nothing but absolute respect for all those who have served.
To put it in railroad terms it would be like being in the cab of a coal fired big boy hauling a slow drag freight through the Moffat tunnel at 3 miles an hour.