SCOUT OVERNIGHTS
Step back in history as you explore the decks of the USS ALABAMA and learn about the men who served aboard this mighty battleship. Sleep in the 1940’s style bunks that real sailors slept in during WWII. Experience what one calm night aboard the ship would have felt like for these sailors during your overnight stay with us.
Please note: This program is open to Scouts and church youth groups. JROTC units – please call for information.
information about SCOUT OVERNIGHTS
Participants
- Participants must be traveling with a scout or church youth group and must be accompanied by chaperones. Additional family and friends are not participants.
- Participants must be within the age of 6-18. No individual under the age of 6 will be allowed to stay aboard overnight.
What's Included
- Self-guided touring of the USS ALABAMA: enter 16 “ big gun Turrets and a Barbette, an Engine Room, Sick Bay, and the Brig; see a 3D Diving hologram, the BB60’s ensign flag; find the Post Office, Barber Shop, Crew’s Mess, Flag Plot Room, Battle Bridge, Navigation Bridge, and more!
- Explore exhibits on three color coded tour routes: Yellow tour is main deck and upper levels, Green and Red Tours are below on 02, 03, and 04 decks. Each route takes approximately 30 minutes minimum.
- A Scavenger Hunt is included in the Welcome Packet; print out copies and bring pencils!
- Theatre: Enjoy a 20 minute video about life aboard during WWII featuring historic footage. Seats 15.
Overnight groups are welcome to stay the next morning after check out and your gear is back in your vehicles for self-guided touring of the Aircraft Pavilion, the USS DRUM submarine and to visit the park’s Gift Shop and park grounds. Must be wearing the overnight wristband, and youth must be with an adult at all times!
Weather and maintenance may limit access.
Rates
$35.00 per person with a minimum charge of $300.00 for each group reservation. Two adults are admitted free with a minimum of 25 paid participants.
A $100.00 non-refundable deposit with a signed confirmation are required to complete a reservation within one week of being notified your selected date is available. The deposit will apply to your final balance.
The balance is due 45 days prior to your stay date. That is the last opportunity to adjust your bunk count down. We cannot guarantee additional bunks. If you have a significantly low sign up please let us know as soon as possible so we can add another group.
ALL PAYMENTS ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE.
Check-In/ Check-Out
CHECK-IN
Arrive between 4:00PM and 6:00PM to allow time to store gear and familiarize yourselves with the area. The full group must be assembled with their gear at the ship’s gangway security gate for the leader to check the group in, where overnight wristbands will be distributed and basic safety rules are reviewed.
The group’s Hold Harmless forms and Roster are required at check-in. Coed groups must hand in two rosters, for both male and female.
Important Note: Only the roster provided by USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park will be accepted. Please plan accordingly to ensure this form is filled out correctly and readily available at check-in. One (1) Hold Harmless form must be filled out per person; a parent and child cannot share a form.
Overnight staff will escort the group aboard to the berth area. Leaders please walk in front of your line next to the staff person to hear information. Please have a chaperone at the rear of your line.
CHECK-OUT
Depart from the bunk area at 7:30AM. All gear and trash must be off the ship and past the gangway security gate before 8:00AM. Firewatch staff enter bunks to conduct a walk through. The security gate is locked for the day at 8:00AM.
NEXT MORNING Tour Aircraft Pavilion / USS DRUM
Overnight groups are welcome to stay after check out and after gear is back in your vehicles for self-guided touring of the Aircraft Pavilion, the USS DRUM submarine, and to visit the park’s gift shop. Participants must wear their overnight wristbands and be supervised by an adult at all times, if youth.
If you have an early departure, your group can still access the aircraft hangar and submarine with prior arrangements.
Berthing
Multiple groups of all ages are booked for the same nights and share berthing. This means youth, chaperones, group leaders share 1940’s style bunks that hang by chain from ceiling to floor.
Co-ed Berthing Policy
As of January 2020, males and females may overnight aboard USS ALABAMA. Males and females do not bunk together in accordance with rules set by Scouting America and the USS ALABAMA Battleship Commission. Coed groups require a male and a female leader and two rosters for check-in. Single sex berthing ship wide remains an option based on availability.
The bunk areas are climate controlled for your comfort. Temperature and humidity can fluctuate throughout the rest of the ship.
Food
Meals are not included. Each group is responsible for providing their own food and beverages. Food may be delivered or brought back to the ship. Groups are welcome to store a cooler in the Officer’s Ward Room on the main deck.
- Deliveries or pick-ups must be completed by 8:00 p.m.
- Delivery orders must be for the full group – no multiple food deliveries.
Delivery Address: 2703 Battleship Pkwy. 36602
Dominoes
- Mobile: 1616 Government St. # 251-476-2142
- Daphne: 6845 Hwy. 90 # 251-626-8333
Papa John’s
- Mobile: 1500 Government St. # 251-625-7272
- Spanish Fort: 29640 SR 181 # 251-625-7272
Pick Up Only
- Costco: 1450 Tingle Circle # 251-308-7052
- Joe’s: 6480 Hwy 90 # 251-408-9267
The Officer’s Ward Room exhibit area is a shared space with tables and chairs and access to restrooms and a water fountain. Overnight groups store their coolers and food items here.
- There is no kitchen access. Please bring paper towels/napkins/plates,/wet wipes, as you need.
- A small coffee pot can be brought aboard but there are limited outlets to share.
- Clean-Up is required! The park provides trash bags, a broom and dustpan – mandatory sweep up and reset tables/chairs. Bring your trash down the gangway before 8 pm and before check out before 8 am.
All food and drinks other than water must stay in the Officer’s Ward Room. No food or non-water drinks allowed on the rest of the ship or in the bunks. Water may be with you at all times including in the bunks.
Picnic tables and grills: Groups are welcome to use the recreational area on the grass in front of the ship’s bow. These are occasionally reserved for an evening or next day event; please call to confirm and have a backup plan. There are also two picnic tables under the gangway. Check In staff can provide extra trash bags; please haul trash back to check in.
Everyone must be on the ship by 8:00 p.m.
With prior notice, a microwave and a refrigerator are available if you have a medical or special meal requirement.
Stevie’s Kitchen
A ‘brown bag’ breakfast of a muffin or pastry & water is available by pre-order at an additional charge Stevie’s Kitchen café is in the gift shop building. Breakfast orders must be picked up before check-in by 3:30 p.m. Please email the order to:
Stevie’s Kitchen: open every day 10:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Scout Merchandise
The park’s Gift Shop offers an optional Scout patch and dog tag for our overnight groups at an additional charge. If your group would like to have one of these mementoes to celebrate your stay aboard ship, ordering is easy. One order form per group, one pre-payment per group. You may pick up the entire order inside the Gift Shop before check-in, by 3:30 p.m. or the next morning. The dog tags must be identical; no individual names.
Gift Shop Hours: 8:00AM- 4:00PM daily.
All youth must be accompanied by an adult in the Gift Shop.
Evening Functions
An event may be scheduled in the pavilion and or on the field/picnic area on the same night. However, no other Battleship Park function or event is permitted to be scheduled aboard the USS ALABAMA during that time.
Revocation
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park reserves the right to refuse entry to or remove from the premises, without refund, any group who has not prepaid their entire account upon arrival; does not have all Hold Harmless agreements properly completed; or displays disorderly, discourteous or unlawful behavior at any time.
Battleship Memorial Park serves as our state’s veteran memorial, a museum, and home to two National Historic Landmarks. We ask that everyone please be respectful of the park and our collections during their visit with us.