McCampbell Field Trip

Macie's 8th grade team at school went on field trip to visit their namesake - the U.S.S. McCampbell.
It is a destroyer based here in Yokosuka. I volunteered to go as a chaperon. It was really interesting tour - the people were extremely nice and patient with so many people in such small quarters.

This is the gangplank we used to board the McCampbell.

I find it interesting that all the ships, any time they are docked,

put up a banner.

This is our group going through a walkway - 
extremely tight. When passing, stay right.

This is the mess area for the ship. The
machines to the right are fountains with
all types of soda, juice, milk, coffee and tea.

The cooks made cookies. The kids loved them.

Another view of the mess area. The guide told us
that the cooks will even prepare things at midnight
for the night watch.

This shows how tight and steep
the stairs are on the ship

This is the berth area - where the sleep
and hang out when not on watch. The beds
were small - I would have to keep my knees
bent if I had to sleep on these beds.

Believe it or not, these are torpedoes.

Very cool - a gun that can be battery operated
and can fire 4500 rounds a minute.

These contain missiles.

Macie girl about to go down the stairs on
our tour of the outside of the ship. The stairs
are just as steep as the ones on the inside.

I don't think this picture captures just how
high this mast really is.

The GM (gunnery mate) shows us the gear
they wear when they man the guns.

Mona and Macie got a big kick out of
this picture.

5 inch guns that can hit targets up to 14 miles away. Our guide
said that when these guns fire, the entire ships shakes.

Macie and her friends had a good time. She even wished
that we could have taken more time.