NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The Navy is getting ready for the 2018 Fleet Week, a national celebration that is now in its 30th year!
It's set for May in New York City. More than 2,300 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will be there, including many local service members.
The Norfolk-based USS Arlington will send several hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. An Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the USS Mitscher, will also make an appearance.
Fleet Week begins May 23, 2018 and will run through May 29.
The full 2018 lineup of ships:
Manhattan, Pier 90:
- San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Arlington (LPD 24), from Norfolk, Virginia. Arlington will embark several hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
- Kingston-class coastal defense vessel HMCS Moncton (MM 708), from Canadian Forces Base Halifax
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Pier 86:
- Four USNA YPs, from Annapolis, Maryland (Vessels depart Saturday, May26)
- Sentinel-class cutter USCGC Richard Snyder (WPC 1127), from Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal: (In the Red Hook community)
- Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), from Norfolk, Virginia
Homeport Pier, Staten Island:
- Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS 9), from Mayport, Florida
- Keeper-class cutter USCGC Katherine Walker (WLM 552), from Bayonne, New Jersey
- Reliance-class cutter USCGC Diligence (WLM 552), from Wilmington, North Carolina
- Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury (T-AGS 66)
Kings Point (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy): (Not open for general public tours)
- Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship USS Zephyr (PC 8), from Mayport, Florida
Bronx/SUNY Maritime College: (Not open for general public tours)
- Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9)
Ship tours will be conducted daily throughout the week in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ship tours on Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Pier 86, will be conducted daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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