Fleet week

Fleet Week 

Fleet Week is a United States Navy United States Marine Corps and Coast Guard tradition of the United States in which active military ships recently deployed in the spring of overseas operations in a variety of major cities for one week . Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions. At times, the public can take a guided tour of the vessels. Often, Fleet Week is accompanied by military demonstrations and airshows such as provided by the Blue Angels.

History :

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The First Fleet Week was celebrated in San Diego, California, during the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. [Edit] between the years of World War I and World War II saw the remains of military operations in both Japan and Germany, but the communist Soviet Union (USSR) was devoted to a wave of Stalinist nationalism. The majority of Americans believes that a little matter of urgency due to the isolation of foreign trends and concerns about the continuing economic crisis. However, the then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, had the intention to expand the naval forces of the United States policy in response to global trends. Aircraft company was moving large Lindbergh Field (now known as the San Diego International Airport). In this atmosphere, Fleet Week was born.

At 11:00 am May 29, 1935, conducted a color guard of a United States Marine Corps marched across Cabrillo Bridge Plaza del Pacifico, where the American flag is hoisted to the official exhibition opening. At 20 hours, Roosevelt spoke by telephone and identified two orphans chosen to press the buttons turn on the lights that bathed the grounds in color. In his remarks, heard on the loudspeaker system, Roosevelt said: "The decision of the people of San Diego to spend the California Pacific International Exposition, I think, worthy of the courage and the confidence our people Now look to the future No. denying that we went through the turbulent years. No one can help but feel inspired by your goal high. I wish you much success. "

Fleet Week in June 1935, 114 warships and 400 military planes arrived under the command of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, head of the U.S. Navy. And 'described as the largest fleet ever assembled under the American flag. It included 48 battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, more than 3,000 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 55 000. U.S. Navy personnel have visited the fair and thousands of San Diegans and other fairgoers were strangers to the different vessels.

San Francisco :

For years it was common for several US Navy ships docked in San Francisco, California, for a series of similar events. One or more Navy ships were moored as a "ship tour" for tourists on board and local communities to the sailors for the home, the drinks were often reduced to sailors in uniform on local bars and restaurants.

The name of the revived Fleet Week visit was applied to a larger fleet in 1981 and widely disseminated, along with weekend celebration of Columbus Day in the second week of October. Since then, the event has been held every year during the weekend of Columbus Day, unrelenting and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. The event is expected to attract over a million people watching the air show along the banks of the San Francisco Bay that extends from the Ferry Building in Golden Gate bridge.

In New York :

Fleet Week started in New York in 1982. During the fleet's ships anchored to the week in New York Passenger Ship Terminal in New New York, the Hudson River to the west of the district of Manhattan and the Stapleton neighborhood in Staten Island. 2008 Fleet Week began May 21 and Canadian ships, the ships of the United States.

New York Fleet Week 2009

New York City Fleet Week 2009 was 20 to 26 May 2009, with representatives from both the U.S. Army and the Navy. Passing ships are:

Manhattan United States 

USS Iwo Jima

USS Roosevelt

USS Spencer

Staten Island USA 

USS Vella Gulf

USS Ray

USS Tempest

USS Hurricane

USCGC Katherine Walker

Staten Island Marina 

HMCS Fredericton

HMCS Athabaskan

HMCS shop

HMCS Montreal

HMCS St. John

New York Fleet Week 2010 

The 23rd annual Fleet Week running from 26 to 31 May 2010.The ships left from the previous year, HMCS Athabaskan, Iwo Jima, and Katherine Walker.

New York City Fleet Week 2011 

The 24th edition of the New Fleet Week York was in May 2011. Visit the vessels were:

USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

USS New York (LPD 21)

USS John L. Hall (FFG 32)

USS Kauffman (FFG 59)

USS Carr (FFG 52)

Other Cities :

Fleet Week and similar traditions in other cities such as Fort Lauderdale, Charleston, and also re-released in San Diego . Seattle, Washington, also a week of the fleet during Seafair. Fleet Week includes Portland as part of its annual Portland Rose Festival .

Boston, Massachusetts Navy Week is specifically designed to celebrate the Marine Corps of the United States