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USS Arlington leaves for Fleet Week

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Arlington (LPD 24) will be embarking several hundred Marines on board for the annual Fleet Week celebration in New York City.

Credit: U.S. Navy photograph by Bill Mesta

The San Antonio Class amphibious landing dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) to receive fuel and cargo delivery training during an underway replenishment at sea.

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The Norfolk-based USS Arlington will leave for New York on Monday, with several hundred Marines from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on board.

It's part of the 30th annual Fleet Week celebration. The week-long event kicks off Wednesday.

The USS Arlington will float through the New York Harbor for the Parade of Ships.

More than 2,300 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen will be there.

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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