Overnight Trip on a Submarine

A couple of weeks ago, CJ's boy scout den spent the night on the USS Torsk, a retired submarine from WWII docked at Baltimore's Inner Harbor that is now part of the National Park Service.

I'm dreadfully claustrophobic so there was zero chance I was going to accompany CJ on this trip.  Plus, I think this was definitely a dads and sons activity.  Maki and CJ left on a Friday afternoon and spent Friday night on the submarine.

The boys and dads toured the ship, learned about submarines generally and the USS Torsk specifically, they had submarine sandwiches (har har) for dinner, and they visited the nearby light ship Chesapeake.

CJ and Maki had a great time.  What 6-year old wouldn't?  CJ was with some of his best buddies from the pack, he was on a submarine, and it was essentially a sleepover with friends in a submarine!

Stairwell leading down into the engine room of the Chesapeake.

This is a bunk on the top left, which is nearly directly above a torpedo.

The boys huddled around a table with a map.

 Check out this tiny kitchen!

CJ was on the top bunk (there were 3 levels of bunk beds) until Maki 

moved him to a lower bunk after one of the boys fell off his bunk.

The entrances throughout the submarine look like this.

Pretty view of the Inner Harbor from the periscope.