What happens if someone dies on a submarine while underway for weeks, months at a time?
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Submarines have large freezers where they keep all the food that’s necessary for their extended missions.
Let’s just say that if someone dies on board, there’s going to be a *lot* of ice cream at the wake.
I witnessed a burial at sea while in the coast guard. Crew members got ash scattered on them. Funny now but not then.
Sometimes the body is stored in a fridge or other cold storage. Other times it’s removed from the boat and transfered to one of the surface ships in the carrier group so it can be processed back to land
I work on a submarine base. I can confirm, unfortunately, that when a sailor dies while underway (at sea) they bag the body, stash it in the freezer, and then get to port ASAP where they might not even stay any longer than it takes to offload the remains. Thankfully I’ve only ever had to be part of that once, but even that was more than enough.
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