ROFLMAO!!!! LOVE the song, DaveTAM! 'specially as it's a variant on "The Soldier and the Sailor", one of my all time favorite songs...
On the surface, to answer your question. At just a shade under 6'5" the submariners were a bit out of the question. I served out my term on board one of the USN's premier (snort) gator freighters.

Anyway...

Heel yo ho, boys
Let her go boys
Bring her head 'round
Into the weather

M