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Cub scouts, weblos, and their parents from Norwalk's Pack 68 spent this weekend learning about life in the Navy. They visited Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts, the world's largest historic naval exhibit with several World War II and Vietnam era ships that can be explored.
50 scouts spent Saturday afternoon scampering across the decks of the Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy and descended into the bowels of the diesel powered submarine, the Lionfish. Tristan Casa, 10, who attends Columbus elementary spinned himself in the turret of the Lionfish's external gun. "I like going through the doorways of the sub," he said describing the cramped quarters of the submarine where the bunks of the crewmen were stacked on top of one another."
"I wanted to come here because my cousin is in the Navy and it makes me understand the kind of ship that he's on," said Brendan Farrell, a 10-year-old weblos scout grade who attends Kendell elementary "I also like it because the boats have big guns."
Scouts also heard from WWII vet James Mulvihill, a docent at the battleship museum, about what life was like for men during the war on one of the ships. " It was pretty crowded and the ships were pretty rough. The ships would roll," he said.
"The kids love this place," said Anthony Carrano, cub master for Pack 68. "It gives them a little bit of history and what ship life was like"
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