EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Youth Programs
S.S. JOHN W. BROWN has a long history of working with different Youth programs including the Sea Cadets, Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts. Youth Groups can spend the weekend onboard the ship and engage in various activities. There are 13 total Merit Badges available to be earned on the ship. If you would like to bring a troop for a weekend, please contact the ship through one of the avenues below. We've also had home school groups and church groups utilize the ship, as well. If you'd like more information, please contact the ship.
PLEASE NOTE: Our home berth, Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Ave, Baltimore. We are in the process of restoring our troop galley and are not booking any more overnights in 2022. Check with us about tours for youth groups.
In 2013, the ship instituted a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Internship program in cooperation with a local county school system. Five seniors from North County High School in Glenn Burnie, Maryland, were the first students to participate in the program that offers a unique exposure to the STEM principles found in the steam engineering plant on the Liberty ship S.S. JOHN W. BROWN. The internship included "hands on" work maintaining and operating the ship's machinery as well as guided instruction in the ship's systems through the use of written exercises and mentors.
This is a particularly valuable and beneficial educational opportunity for those students interested in attending the Naval Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, or one of the merchant marine academies. Interns will work with navy and merchant marine veterans and gain insight into ship maintenance and operations. Space is limited. Contact your school’s STEM facilitator to apply.
For students not enrolled in a STEM program at school and who are interested in learning more about these educational opportunities on S.S. JOHN W. BROWN, click on the link below and enter "STEM" in the message block on the request form.
