Register for this Overnight here.
Ever wonder how an aircraft carrier works? Come aboard and spend the night living with history on the ultimate overnight adventure and find out how USS Hornet’s sailors lived and worked on this city at sea! Designed for ages 7 and up, this is a perfect group activity for scouts, youth groups, schools, friends, and families!
We will have a group of Sailors and Marines on board from 6 pm to 7 pm for a meet and greet and some show and tell!
During the Night Ops Overnight you will tour key areas of the ship to see various spaces and systems and discuss the history, science, and engineering behind them. As you move around the ship, you can participate in several hands-on science stations and demonstrations interspersed with seeing sailors’ living spaces! The experience includes:
- Sleeping in restored, original sailor sleeping compartments
- Enjoying Dinner and Breakfast in the original Enlisted Crew’s Mess
- Learning about this famous aircraft carrier’s daring exploits
- Touring key areas of the ship and the historic naval aircraft on display
- Learning about NASA’s Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions that put the first men on the moon
- Earning an overnight crew Patch & Certificate
- Ample Free Parking
All Overnight Guests must be at least 7 years old.
