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ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY
FLEET WEEK TO BE HELD (May 20 - May 27, 2009)

Photos from years in the past and the present can be found here at New Yorkled's Sister Site & Flickr:

~ 2002 Fleet Week Pics ~
~ 2003 Fleet Week Pics ~
~ 2007 Fleet Week Pics ~
~ & Yet more on Flickr ~

Times Square
Free Film Screening

On Memorial Day
(Monday, May 25 at Noon)
In Times Square, at 47th Street and Broadway there will be a public FREE showing of "On the Town" starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.

Learn more at the Times Square BID site

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to Fleet Week, NYC

Photo of Iwo Jima Statue

Original Iwo Jima statue located within the Intrepid Hangar

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Fleetweek 2009 Visiting Ships and Participating Aircraft

Ships will be open for free tours to the public beginning on May 21

This list is subject to change based on operational requirements.

Following are the expected ships to partake in the Parade of Ships for the beginning of Fleet Week on May 20

US Ships:

U.S. Navy

  • USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
  • USS Roosevelt (DDG -80)
  • USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
  • USS Hurricane (PC-3)
  • USS Tempest (PC-2)
  • USS Thunderbolt (PC-12)

U.S. Coast Guard

  • USCGC Katherine Walker
  • USCGC Spencer

Canada

  • HMCS Athabaskan
  • HMCS Fredericton
  • HMCS Preserver

Aircraft:

  • You can read about this at the official site

Visit the following for additional information:
- Official Fleet Week website
- Visit also the Intrepid Page on New Yorkled

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2009 DAILY EVENTS
Please note that the Ship Tours are taking place from May 21 to May 26
will be from the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
(except for Manhattan on Sunday May 24 when the ships will be closed)
Wednesday, May 20
Time Event Location
10:00 am - 1:00 pm Parade of Ships Along the Hudson River on the west side.
USO will provide flags to wave.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ONR Static Displays – pamphlets, posters, sports pack, pens, lapel pins give-aways Pier 88, 12th & 46th St
 
Thursday, May 21
Time Event Location
**Note: Lines maybe capped as early as 4pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ship before 5pm when the ships close.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Pier 45, West Side Hwy
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Staten Island Staten Island Piers
7:00 am - 9:00 pm USMC display of aviation and personnel equipment Air/Ground Demo/Intrepid
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ONR Static Displays – pamphlets, posters, sports pack, pens, lapel pins give-aways Pier 88, 12th & 46th St
9:00 am - noon USMC Air/Ground – airborne insertion / extraction of helicopters with combat Marines Coney Island, Brooklyn
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Marine Day in Central Park – Bands, static displays, martial arts demos, military working dogs Central Park – 5th Ave. & 72nd St
11:00 am - noon USCG Search and Rescue demonstration Stapleton Pier, Staten Island
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm USMC airborne insertion / extraction of helicopters with combat equipped Marines Central Park
 
Friday, May 22
Time Event Location
**Note: Lines maybe capped as early as 4pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ship before 5pm when the ships close.
6:30 - noon NYC Blood Center Blood Drive Iwo Jima Hangar Bay
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Pier 45, West Side Hwy
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Staten Island Staten Island Piers
6:30 am - noon Blood Drive Staten Island Pier
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ONR Static Displays – pamphlets, posters, sports pack, pens, lapel pins give-aways Pier 88, 12th & 46th St
9:30 am - 10:15 am Reenlistment / Promotion Ceremony World Trade Center
10:00 am - noon USMC display of aviation and personnel equipment Orchard Beach/Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
11:00 am - noon Iwo Jima Wreath Laying Intrepid Museum, Pier 86
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Navy Band Northeast erformance Times Square
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Staten Island Fleet Week Music Festival Tappan Park at Bay St, Staten Island
 
Saturday, May 23
Time Event Location
Note: Lines maybe capped as early as 4pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ship before 5pm when the ships close
7:30 am - 9:00 am Tug Of War – USN vs. USMC on the NBC Today Show Rockefeller Plaza, 49th St btw 5th & 6th Aves.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ONR Static Displays – pamphlets, posters, sports pack, pens, lapel pins give-aways Pier 88, 12th & 46th St
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Pier 45, West Side Hwy
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship Staten Island Pier
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Navy Recruiting Booth Pier 88, 12th & 46th St.
9:00 am - 4:00 pm USMC Day in Times Square – bands, static displays, martial arts demos, military working dogs 7th Ave & 46th St.
10:00 am - noon USMC Air Ground Demo – tactical airborne insertion / extraction of
helicopters borne, combat equipped Marines into a landing zone.		 Eisenhower Park, Long Island
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm USMC Air Ground Demo – tactical airborne insertion / extraction of
helicopters borne, combat equipped Marines into a landing zone.		 Clove Lake Park, Staten Island
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm USMC Band Central Park Band Shell
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Staten Island Fleet Week Music Festival Tappan Park at Bay St., Staten Island
 
Sunday, May 24
Time Event Location
**Note: There will be no public visitation of ship in Manhattan on Sunday. The ship(s) will be closed.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ships Staten Island Piers
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Intrepid Military Displays – portable rock walls, give-away booths, vehicle displays and video game interaction Intrepid Museum Pier 86
10:00 am - noon USMC Air/Ground demos – insertion/extraction of helicopter
borne combat equipped Marines into a landing zone, static displays		 Intrepid
12 noon - 4:00 pm Intrepid Band performances Intrepid Museum, Pier 86
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm New Jersey Naval Museum Memorial Day Remembrance – Navy Band
Northeast Quintet		 NJ Naval Museum
1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Intrepid Best Chow Contest Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Navy Band Northeast performance Times Square
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm USMC Air/Ground demos – insertion/extraction of helicopter
borne combat equipped Marines into a landing zone, static displays		 Playland Park, Rye NY
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Staten Island Fleet Week Music Festival free concert Tappan Park at Bay St., Staten Island
 
Monday, May 25
Time Event Location
**Note: Lines maybe capped as early as 4pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ship before 5pm when the ships close.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Pier 45, West Side Hwy
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship Staten Island Pier
11:00 am - 1:00 pm USMC Air/ Ground demos - insertion/extraction of helicopter
borne combat equipped Marines into a landing zone, static displays		 Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
1:00 am - 4:00 pm NRD NY Recruiting Booth Pier 88, 12th & 46th St.
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Kings County Memorial Parade 3rd Ave & 87th St, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Memorial Parade - Glendale Ridgewood / Glendale, NY
11:00 am - 8:00 pm Memorial Day Parade – Staten
Island		 Intersection of Hart Blvd, & Forest Ave, Staten
Island
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Memorial Day Parade - Manhattan Broadway & Dyckman Sts.
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Memorial Day Parade - Bronx City Island, Bronx
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm USN & USMC flyover for Mets vs. Washing Nationals Baseball Game CitiField, Queens
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Memorial Day Parade - Manhattan Broadway & Dyckman, NY, NY
8:00 am - noon USMC World Trade Center Run World Trade Center
 
Tuesday, May 26
Time Event Location
Note: Lines maybe capped as early as 4pm to ensure all visitors have toured the ship before 5pm when the ships close
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship in Manhattan Pier 88, 12th & 46th St.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Public visitation of ship Staten Island
8:00 am - 5:00 pm ORN Static Displays - pamphlets, posters, sports packs, pens, lapel
pins and give-aways		 Pier 88, 12th & 46th St.
9:00 am - 11:00 am USMC static display / demos – airborne insertion/extraction of
helicopter borne combat equipped Marines into a landing zone, static
displays		 Westbury High School, Long Island
 
Wednesday, May 27
Ships and service members depart New York City

Information provided courtesy of https://www.cnic.navy.mil/cnrma/Programs/FWNY/index.htm

Note from New Yorkled webmaster: I remember spending hours in Battery Park (2002) awaiting the arrival of some of our great ships as they entered New York Harbor. Although they of course do not pass close enough for you to get great shots of them, it's still a spectacular experience to witness their entry into our harbor. As for photos, don't fret since of course you'll get to see them up close on the west side of Manhattan after they've docked beside our Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum. Sure the lines were long and the sun was hot, but that neither stopped me nor the thousands of others who were there to board the ships and experience first hand the effect these colossal masters of the sea have on a person. I was in awe! And you will be too! So come join us in our celebration. Saluting our Sailors, our Marines, and all those Grand Ships. Enjoy it! 'and if you so happen to come across one or two or many in your travels then it wouldn't hurt to shake their hands or say hello.

Ship Tours: Look Below

Directions:
Pier 86 (Intrepid) Cross Street: 46th St.
Pier 88 Cross Street: 48th St.
All Along the West Side Highway
Cross-town buses (M50, M57) and the NY Waterway Ferry. The M50 and M57 travel cross town (50th and 57th Streets respectively). The M50 travels west to Pier 83 at 43rd St.
The M57 reaches 57th and West End Avenue.

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Please note: the following is an old Media Release from a previous year....just to give you an idea as to what to expect.

Press Release

Navy announces dates for Fleet Week New York City 2008
Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will participate in the 21st anniversary of Fleet Week New York, which will take place May 21 - 28.
Hosted nearly every year since 1984, Fleet Week New York is the City’s celebration of the sea services. This event also provides an opportunity for the citizens of New York City and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see, first-hand, the latest capabilities
of today’s maritime services. Ships participating in this year’s Fleet Week commemoration are the
amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), guided missile cruisers USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and USS Monterey (CG 61), and the guided missile destroyers USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and USS Nitze (DDG 94). Kearsarge and Leyte Gulf will be berthed in Manhattan; and Monterey, The Sullivans, and
Nitze will be berthed at Staten Island.
In addition to public visitations of participating ships, May 22 – 27, there will be a number of exhibits showing off the technology of our maritime services and the skilled expertise of our service members. More information is available on the official Fleet Week New York website at www.fleetweek.navy.mil.
-USN

 

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