My friends and I did this aboard the USS Blueback[1] when I was young. The curators led us through a simulated mission where we used the sonar and "fired" a torpedo. Very cool experience. Our mothers nearly burned our clothes though. Everything smelled of diesel.
This is a good winter activity for a scout troop or the like. There are a few different museum ships that have this. Our troup did an overnight on an aircraft carrier and it was great fun.
Your phone ain't gonna get much signal when you are enveloped in several layers of steel, so you don't have to worry about work emails.
Overnight on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) was awesome, one of the highlights of all the scouting trips we took. It felt like we had full run of the ship, and my buddies and I explored quite a bit. My first impressions of WWII history and Battle of Midway where USS Yorktown (CV-5) sank were from the tours and videos shown that day.
It took me a moment, when reading the page, to realize this was the target audience.
Probably easier for kids to avoid feelings of claustrophobia. I went for a brief tour of a submarine and in about half an hour I was very happy to stand up straight again.
Slightly tangential, but the British Museum in London runs sleepovers [1] for eight- to 15-year-olds, including in the Egyptian gallery so that the guests can "sleep among ancient kings, pharaohs, temples and tombs". Sadly, these are suspended
for now because of Covid restrictions.
The museum has, however, put together what it calls "stay-at-home sleepovers", for its Young Friends [2] members: Be inspired by the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs with our special online sleepover guide, bringing the magic of the British Museum to your home.
Enjoy a host of exciting activities created exclusively for the Young Friends of the British Museum, including preparing the perfect ancient Egyptian snack and duvet den, to storytelling and an interactive quiz. Details [3].
This is pretty common among museum ships. I remember sleeping over on the USS Massachusetts (Battleship Cove) when I was young, and I've been watching the USS New Jersey's youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Ftxa2jwg8R4IWDw48uyBw) and I know they do it as well.
Yes! I loved our Battleship Cove trip in Cub Scouts. We also got to tour an old submarine. It had a very particular old timey chemical smell to it that I've only ever encountered in one other place; Building 20 at MIT (RIP).
I did several overnights on the Pampanito as a kid!
We snuck out to get golden boy pizza at an ungodly hour, don't tell the parents. Played Risk and drank swiss miss cocoa till dawn. Watched sunrise on the deck. Very good memories. :)
Twice on the Pampanito, probably elementary school and 6th grade. I vividly remember watching Down Periscope in a rec room with the rest of my cub scouts group and staying up much past my bedtime. Loved exploring it and hope that this continues.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 85.7 ms ] thread1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blueback_(SS-581)
Your phone ain't gonna get much signal when you are enveloped in several layers of steel, so you don't have to worry about work emails.
Probably easier for kids to avoid feelings of claustrophobia. I went for a brief tour of a submarine and in about half an hour I was very happy to stand up straight again.
The museum has, however, put together what it calls "stay-at-home sleepovers", for its Young Friends [2] members: Be inspired by the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs with our special online sleepover guide, bringing the magic of the British Museum to your home.
Enjoy a host of exciting activities created exclusively for the Young Friends of the British Museum, including preparing the perfect ancient Egyptian snack and duvet den, to storytelling and an interactive quiz. Details [3].
[1] https://www.britishmuseum.org/membership/sleepovers#museum-s...
[2] https://www.britishmuseum.org/membership/young-friends
[3] https://www.britishmuseum.org/membership/events/young-friend...
Relevant also is the Smarter Every Day series where the host took a cruise on an operational nuclear submarine. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjHf9jaFs8XWoGULb2HQR...
https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/200118...
https://www.uss-hornet.org
I remember seeing a corvette club meet there, and I believe they drove their cars onboard.
https://maritime.org/education/edupampanito/pampanito-overni...
We snuck out to get golden boy pizza at an ungodly hour, don't tell the parents. Played Risk and drank swiss miss cocoa till dawn. Watched sunrise on the deck. Very good memories. :)
So for the cost of a down payment on a house, you could own a 90+ meter submarine.
Money Pits are a known thing
Went there in my youth as a scout
[0] http://www.submarinesailor.com/history/dbfpin/dbfpin.asp