Sleepover on the USCGC Taney

17:00 PM - It was a cold and wintry day when we arrived at Baltimore Harbor. We made our way to Pier 5 where the gangway led us aboard the Taney for our overnight adventure. We learned the shipboard rules. We went below to the crew cabin, found our bunks, and stowed our gear.

18:00 PM We went to the galley and cooked up a dinner of spaghetti and salad. We made our own Thousand Island dressing from a "secret reipe". We used the dumbwaiter to get the food down to the crew's mess, which is where we ate.

19:00 After dinner, we took a tour of the Taney. We learned how things worked. We learned about navigation. We saw the Wheelhouse, Engine Room, and guns.

20:00 We followed the companionway that returned to the crew cabin. We played submarine on the bunks. Some people used the head to get ready for bed. Someone told a ghost story.

21:30 Lights Out! It was hard to sleep with all the nighttime creaks and groans of the ship. The bunks were as hard as a rock.

6:00 Is it morning already? We got up. My group made breakfast while the other group toured the submarine. Breakfast was pancakes and sausage. Jeremy L. made one big pancake for himself. After breakfast, we went on the tour of the submarine, and the other half of the crew cleaned up. We did a word find and a test about the parts of the ship.

10:00 We packed our gear and went topside to lower our flag. We descended the gangway, and went home.

The USCGC Taney is operated by the Baltimore Maritime Museum, Living Classrooms Foundation, Inc. The Taney was built in 1935-36 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. It was commissioned October 24, 1936 as the Roger B. Taney. It was decommissioned on December 7, 1986 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1988. Here is a link to information about the Taney from an enthusiast.

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