[HN Gopher] Submarine Sleepovers
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Submarine Sleepovers
Author : RickJWagner
Score : 40 points
Date : 2021-04-12 11:50 UTC (1 days ago)
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| gcanyon wrote:
| > 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.
| gberger wrote:
| Yes, but the maintenance cost is probably that much or more per
| year.
| dylan604 wrote:
| Depends on the house ;-)
|
| Money Pits are a known thing
| m463 wrote:
| So you're underwater from the start... :)
| tyingq wrote:
| Your "room": http://aimmuseum.org/wp-
| content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-USS-...
| coldcode wrote:
| At 2 meters tall, I think I'd have to sleep on deck.
| meepmorp wrote:
| Just use a torpedo tube: plenty of leg room, and its very own
| privacy door.
| tyingq wrote:
| Even the newer US subs have 76 inch (1.93 meters) bunks.
| Submarine service may not be for you :)
| intrepidhero wrote:
| 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)
| RosanaAnaDana wrote:
| I wonder if they wake you up in 6 hours to let you know you have
| to take the watch.
| gwbennett wrote:
| And if it is a Saturday morning, do they wake you up for field
| day too? :-)
| mwcremer wrote:
| On the U.S.S. Hornet (https://uss-hornet.org), each group is
| expected to provide a Fire Watch in two-hour shifts.
| trothamel wrote:
| 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...
| jpm_sd wrote:
| 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).
| jghn wrote:
| Also a veteran of the Cub Scout sleepover at Battleship Cove.
| An awesome memory.
| Sudophysics wrote:
| Asbestos maybe.
| op00to wrote:
| asbestos doesn't smell.
| m463 wrote:
| 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.
| FlyMoreRockets wrote:
| 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...
| dctoedt wrote:
| 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
| opwieurposiu wrote:
| 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.
| jrumbut wrote:
| 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.
| dylan604 wrote:
| 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.
| gen3 wrote:
| I have fond memories of visiting and sleeping on the USS
| Yorktown twice when I was a young scout. A Submarine overnight
| sounds awesome!
| datahead wrote:
| 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.
| Simulacra wrote:
| Patriots Pointe! Same! Girl Scouts camping on the Yorktown
| was one of the high points of my childhood!
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| klaybourn wrote:
| 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
| trimbo wrote:
| For those of you in the Bay Area, the USS Pampanito also does
| this.
|
| https://maritime.org/education/edupampanito/pampanito-overni...
| pottertheotter wrote:
| I did that when I was younger. Highly recommend it if anyone
| ever has a chance.
| gen220 wrote:
| 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. :)
| stereoabuse wrote:
| 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.
| samizdis wrote:
| 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...
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| [2] https://www.britishmuseum.org/membership/young-friends
|
| [3] https://www.britishmuseum.org/membership/events/young-
| friend...
| torcete wrote:
| Are they doing this during pandemic times?
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