Re: Aircraft carrier liveaboards
Michael F. Bowman (mfbowman@CAPACCESS.ORG)
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 01:41:10 -0400
Dave,
Here's the information I have on retired U.S. Navy ships where Scout
camping opportunities exist:
CAMPING ON HISTORICAL NAVAL SHIPS
* CALIFORNIA
USS Pampanito (Submarine)
National Maritime Museum Association
Building 275
Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, California 94129
1-415-441-5819
Camping (with meals) on the ship is available.
* MASSACHUSETTS
USS Massachusetts (Battleship)
Battleship Cove
Fall River, Massachusetts 02721
1-508-678-1100
Camping (with meals) on the ship is available. Also at this
site are the USS Joseph P. Kennedy (destroyer), USS Lionfish (WWII
Attack Submarine), and 2 PT Boats.
* NEW YORK
USS Little Rock (Light Cruiser)
Naval & Serviceman 1 Naval Park Cove
Buffalo, New York 14202
1-716-847-1773
Camping (with meals) on the ship is available. Also at this
site are the USS The Sullivans (WWII Destroyer) and USS Croaker (WWII
Submarine)
* SOUTH CAROLINA
USS Yorktown (Aircraft Carrier)
Scout Camping
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
40 Patriots Point Road
Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29464
1-800-248-3508
Camping (with meals included) on the ship and a
local tour of a destroyer, submarine and Coast Guard cutter is
available. In October 1995 this was offered as a one-night package at
$39 per Scout.
* TEXAS
USS Lexington (Aircraft Carrier)
Museum On the Bay
Dept. P. O. Box 23076
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403-3076
1-800-LADY-LEX
Camping (with meals included) on the ship and tour of the
ship. Pricing information not available.
Speaking only for myself in the Scouting Spirit, Michael F. Bowman
Dep.Dist.Commissioner-Training, G.W.Dist., NCAC, BSA (Virginia)
U. S. Scouting Service Project FTP Site Administrator (PC Area)
ftp1 or ftp2.scouter.com/usscouts E-mail: mfbowman@capaccess.org
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