Summer Adventure Program

Are you looking for an alternative to the same old humdrum summer vacation? Ever thought about what it would be like to live on a real Navy Ship? Want to make new friends and have a real adventure? Well here’s your chance! The Unite States Naval Shipbuilding Museum and the USS Salem are offering you a chance to participate in their Summer Adventure. You will live on board the USS Salem, participate in fun activities from swimming to seamanship and learn about what it is really like in the Navy today and what it was like for sailors 200 years ago!

We will visit historic sites in Quincy and Boston. Cruise to Boston Harbor and visit Historic Fort Warren on Georges Island; we mat even bump into a ghost or two while we’re there! An overnight camping trip on one of the Boston Harbor Islands is also available to the really adventurous.

Meals will be served in the ships mess and include breakfast, lunch dinner and a nighttime snack.

Space is limited to 100 Summer Adventures per week., so get your application in soon! A limited number of day program slots are also available. Please call (617) 479-7900 with any questions.  

Chief Petty Officer John Frohock conducting a class in Engine Room #3.

Sample Daily Schedule

7:00 Reveille
7:15 Berthing Area Clean-UP
7:30 Breakfast
8:00 Mess Clean-Up / Day Program Participants Arrive
8:30 To the Colors
9:00 First Aid Training
10:00 Radio Room Training
11:00 Physical Fitness Activity Rotation
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Mess Clean Up
1:00 Swimming Rotation
3:00 USS Salem Command Center Rotation  
4:00 Navy Survival Training
5:00 Prepare for dinner
5:30 Day Program Participants Depart
6:00 Dinner
6:45 Mess Clean-Up
7:00 Free Time
8:00 Evening Movie
10:00 Report to Berthing
10:30 Lights Out / Taps

Your USS Salem Summer Adventure will include:

Swimming  Navy Survival Skills,  Navigation & GPS,  First Aid Training,  US & Naval Histroy,  Boating & Seamanship,  Onboard Firefighting Techniques,  Camping,  Hoisting,  Fishing,  Hiking,  And More!

Tours will also include:

To download the online registration forms, please click here.