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Submarine Sleepovers

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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.

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...

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).

Also a veteran of the Cub Scout sleepover at Battleship Cove. An awesome memory.

Asbestos maybe.

asbestos doesn't smell.

I think they do this with the USS Hornet aircraft carrier:

https://www.uss-hornet.org

I remember seeing a corvette club meet there, and I believe they drove their cars onboard.

YSK about Tiger Cruises, where family can come aboard the ship to see what day to day life is like.

https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/200118...

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].

[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...

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.

I have fond memories of visiting and sleeping on the USS Yorktown twice when I was a young scout. A Submarine overnight sounds awesome!

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.

Patriots Pointe! Same! Girl Scouts camping on the Yorktown was one of the high points of my childhood!

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.

The silent service is definitely not for everyone. If you've struggled staying at home during the pandemic, you wouldn't make it as a submariner.

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.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blueback_(SS-581)

For those of you in the Bay Area, the USS Pampanito also does this.

https://maritime.org/education/edupampanito/pampanito-overni...

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.

I did that when I was younger. Highly recommend it if anyone ever has a chance.

Your "room": http://aimmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-USS-...

At 2 meters tall, I think I'd have to sleep on deck.

Even the newer US subs have 76 inch (1.93 meters) bunks. Submarine service may not be for you :)

Just use a torpedo tube: plenty of leg room, and its very own privacy door.

I wonder if they wake you up in 6 hours to let you know you have to take the watch.

On the U.S.S. Hornet (https://uss-hornet.org), each group is expected to provide a Fire Watch in two-hour shifts.

And if it is a Saturday morning, do they wake you up for field day too? :-)

If any HN denizens are DBFers, [0] they could probably tell some stories about their "sleepovers."

[0] http://www.submarinesailor.com/history/dbfpin/dbfpin.asp

> Ex-Muratreis was purchased from Turkey by the city of North Little Rock, Arkansas on 25 March 2004 for US$37,500.

So for the cost of a down payment on a house, you could own a 90+ meter submarine.

Yes, but the maintenance cost is probably that much or more per year.

So you're underwater from the start... :)

Depends on the house ;-)

Money Pits are a known thing

Are they doing this during pandemic times?

the maritime museum down in San Fransisco has it too with the USS Pampintino. https://maritime.org/education/edupampanito/

Went there in my youth as a scout

I like that they provide a continental breakfast.

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