Location: 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR
Sleep in a REAL submarine! Submarine Camp-Ins are guaranteed to be a unique camping experience that's warm, safe, dry, and exciting—any time of year! OMSI's USS Blueback, a retired U.S. Navy submarine, is open for sleepovers!
Experience what it's like to live on a submarine, explore the torpedo room, peer through a periscope, and sleep in the crew's quarters. Learn about density and buoyancy as you explore how submarines are designed to dive and surface.
The Sub Sleepover program includes: Round trip Train tickets to Portland on AmTrak, dinner on Saturday, snack, continental breakfast, Science show, and museum admission for the following day, plus lunch on Sunday.
Train Schedule:
Saturday: Amtrak 501 Cascades line, from Tacoma to Portland
Sunday: Amtrak 14 Coast Starlight line, From Portland to Tacoma
Tentative date will be in May, 2026, depending upon availability and number of Scouts signed up.
OMSI is home to the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear, fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581). The Blueback was the first battle-ready class of submarines to use the teardrop hull. It was in official operation throughout the Pacific Ocean for 31 years.
The USS Blueback served in the entertainment industry, too! It was used as a location for a Discovery Channel documentary and various commercials, and it appeared in the hit movie The Hunt for Red October and an episode of Hawaii Five-O.
