New York Fleet Week 2023
NEW YORK (May 26, 2023) — Fleet Week New York, the city’s time-honored celebration of the sea services, returns to the five boroughs this week to bring in Memorial Day in person for only the second time in the last four years.
Nearly 2,400 uniform personnel are expected to participate in the week-long, swoon-worthy extravaganza this year.
There were signs of the celebration already on Tuesday, as there was a flyover of military planes in the afternoon and a wreath-laying ceremony at the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park. But things really kicked off Wednesday morning, with the iconic Parade of Ships.
The event runs through Tuesday, May 30. This year, expect three U.S. Navy ships, two U.S. Coast Guard vessels and four U.S. Naval Academy boats. Three ships from U.S. NATO allies will join the full-week party, and ships from Canada, Italy and the UK will get in on the parade as well.
Now in its 35th year, Fleet Week New York, offers people in the tri-state area an unparalleled opportunity to meet U.S. Navy sailors, Marines and U.S. Coast Guard members, as well as learn about the latest maritime capabilities available.
Held in New York City nearly every year since 1984, Fleet Week was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID pandemic and held virtually. It returned in person in 2022, though is back in full force in 2023.
Tour Locations
Manhattan Pier 88 South – No tours on Sunday
- USS WASP (LHD 1) Norfolk, Virginia
- HMS Scott (H131), Plymouth, United Kingdom
Manhattan Pier 90 North – No tours on Sunday
- HMCS Glace Bay (MM 701), Nova Scotia, Canada
- ITS Virginio Fasan (F 591), La Spezia, Italy
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Pier 86
- Four U.S. Naval Academy YPs, Annapolis, Maryland
- USCGC Warren Deyampart (WPC 1151), Boston, Massachusetts
Staten Island Homport Pier
- USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), Norfolk, Virgina
- USNS Newport (T-EPF 12), Norfolk, Virgina
