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2019 Fleet Week New York Set For May 22-28

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Jen Chung

Published Mar 27, 2019

Modified May 22, 2019

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Published Mar 27, 2019

Modified May 22, 2019

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Mark your calendars—the 31st annual Fleet Week New York will be held May 22nd through 28th, and the U.S. Navy says about 2,600 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will be on hand to join in the "celebration of sea services."

There will be five U.S. Navy ships, three U.S. Coast Guard cutters, four U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Yard Patrol boats (YPs), one Military Sealift Command ship, and two Royal Canadian Navy vessels. Fleet Week is kicked off with the Parade of Ships, where vessels make their way up from the New York Bay to the Hudson River, and then get docked throughout the city for the public to visit. Some of the ships—the ones in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island— are available to tour; here are details:

Manhattan, Pier 88

: (Tours will be closed Sunday, May 26) • San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), from Mayport, Florida will embark several hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. • Kingston-class coastal defence vessel HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701), from Canadian Forces Base Halifax

Manhattan, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Pier 86:
• Four USNA YPs, from Annapolis, Maryland (Vessels depart Saturday, May25)
• Sentinel-class cutter USCGC Lawrence O. Lawson (WPC 1120), from Cape May, New Jersey
• Sail training vessel HMCS Oriole (KC 480), from Canadian Forces Base Halifax

Brooklyn Cruise Terminal: (Located in the Red Hook Community)
• Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Hué City (CG 66), from Mayport, Florida - (Scheduled to arrive Saturday, May 25)

Homeport Pier, Staten Island:
• Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), from Norfolk, Virginia

• Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), from Mayport, Florida
• Keeper-class cutter USCGC Katherine Walker (WLM 552), from Bayonne, New Jersey
• Medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909), from Kittery, Maine

Kings Point (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy): (Not open for general public tours)
• Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship USS Tornado (PC 14), from Mayport, Florida

Bronx/SUNY Maritime College: (Not open for general public tours)
• Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10)

More information can be found at the Fleet Week New York website. And check out images from photographer C.S. Muncy's overnight stay on the U.S.S. Arlington at the start of last year's Fleet Week.

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Jen Chung

Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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