Wish granted: An aircraft carrier is returning to headline LA Fleet Week in San Pedro
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An E-2C Hawkeye early warning plane on the flightdesk of the USS Abraham Lincoln in port in San Pedro for Navy Week. Photo by Brad Graverson 7-25-11
Seamen line the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln as it docks in San Pedro for Navy Week. Photo by Brad Graverson 7-25-11
The public was offered a chance to tour the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and a mine countermeasure ship the USS Champion as they are docked in the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday for Navy Week. Large crowds turned-out for the tours and the wait was over three hours. Bea Bochman, from the San Gabriel Valley, takes in a clear vew of the aircraft carrier from Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro. Bochman had tried to get on the tours, but was turned away as the crowds were too large to accomodate..July 27, 2011..Photo by Steve McCrank / Daily Breeze
The Navy Band Southwest plays ragtime tunes as the USS Abraham Lincoln docks in San Pedro for Navy Week. Photo by Brad Graverson 7-25-11
The Colors are presented at a Memorial Day service at LA Fleet Week on Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Visitors attend a Memorial Day service at LA Fleet Week on Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Six active members of the military and a veteran participated in the Military Has Talent competition at LA Fleet Week on Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Big crowds turn out for the final day of LA Fleet Week on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Big crowds turn out for the final day of LA Fleet Week on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Spectators cheer during the Military Has Talent competition at LA Fleet Week on Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Big crowds turn out for the final day of LA Fleet Week on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Attendees flash their Stars and Stripes at LA Fleet Week on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Attendees flash their Stars and Stripes at LA Fleet Week on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Big crowds turn out on day three of LA Fleet Week on Sunday, May 28, 2023, in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Thousands of people turn out for LA Fleet Week, which gives attendees chances to interact with members of the military and see vehicle and weapons demonstrations, on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the waterfront in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Newlyweds Kirk Hodgman and Stephanie Morrow of Santa Monica look on as PFC Peyton Dehoog demonstrates a Stinger, a low altitude air defense missile used by the Marines, on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Cousins from Rancho Palos Verdes check out the inside of an Army light tactical vehicle on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Musician 3rd Class Taylor Johns fronts the U.S. Navy’s rock band, The Destroyers, on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A trio of Chinook enter the channel of Cabrillo Beach during LA Fleet Week in San Pedro on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The USS PRINCETON (CG-59) one of three active U.S. Navy ships available to tour at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The S.S. Lane Victory as seen from inside the USS CINCINNATI (LCS-20) one of three active U.S. Navy ships available to tour at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
A sailor stands aboard the USS PRINCETON (CG-59) one of three active U.S. Navy ships available to tour at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro on Friday, May 26, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Marines from Camp Pendleton get to know Roscoe, an English Bulldog, at the LA Fleet Week kickoff event on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in downtown San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Marines from Camp Pendleton get to know Roscoe, an English Bulldog, at the LA Fleet Week kickoff event on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in downtown San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
LA Fleet Week kicks off with a welcome party kickoff featuring music, dancing and and a chance to meet members of the military on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in downtown San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Rear Admiral Robert Chadwick, Commander of Carrier Strike Group NINE, speaks aboard the USS Iowa to celebrate the start of LA Fleet Week 2023 with a press conference welcoming visiting Sailors, Marines, Coast Guard members and Soldiers who are in town through Memorial Day weekend in San Pedro on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The Mu family from Alhambra enters an Army MV-22 Osprey on Monday, May 30, 2022, the final day of this year’s LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Meina Nagai of Torrance dons a Navy helmet on Monday, May 30, 2022, the final day of this year’s LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Army Staff Sgt. Sebastian Freeman, left, chats with retired Marine Corporal Juan Gutierrez, a Vietnam veteran, on Monday, May 30, 2022, the final day of this year’s LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Its presence sparked a surge of visitors who stood for hours in massive lines to get onboard for a tour.
And nearly every year since, folks have asked organizers when a carrier would visit again.
Well, this is your year.
They’ve been called “cities at sea” and carry crews from 3,000 to 5,000 sailors.
Measuring more than 1,000 feet long, the nation’s aircraft carriers celebrated their 100th birthday two years ago. The first one off the line was the USS Langley commissioned in 1922, a test for the role of naval aviation that was just emerging.
And it was a success. The carriers radically changed military aviation.
Warships that serve as a seagoing airbase, they are equipped with a full-length flight deck and the ability to carry, arm, deploy and recover aircraft.
The massive vessels also serve as an impressive symbol of the nation’s war power capabilities.
The news, released on Monday, May 14, is expected to fuel what could be a record attendance for this year’s LA Fleet Week, set for May 22-27 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro.
Events will stretch throughout the long weekend event with many activities also planned for the wider Los Angeles area. LA Fleet Week will bring thousands of Navy sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and soldiers to experience Los Angeles with community events. The Navy and Marine Corps bands will provide entertainment at venues throughout the region.
The aircraft carrier, yet to be identified, will be anchored in San Pedro’s Outer Harbor where it will be open for tours.
Also arriving for berthing closer to the downtown harbor expo area — adjacent to the Los Angeles Maritime Museum — will be a Coast Guard cutter that will be open for tours.
The tours are fee and will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily from Friday, May 24, through Sunday, May 26; and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Memorial Day, May 27.
To tour the aircraft carrier, visitors will have to catch a shuttle bus from the main LA Fleet Week Expo footprint next to the USS Battleship Iowa at 250 S. Harbor Blvd., San Pedro.
Reservations for ship tours are not required and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. All adults must present a valid government-issued ID (state ID card, drivers’ license or passport) to take Navy ship tours.
Non-US citizens must show valid passports and will be subject to a brief additional screening before boarding the vessels. Photo copies of IDs will not be accepted.
Additional information can be found on the LA Fleet Week website including a schedule of events, maps and information about parking.
The main footprint of the festival — with displays and demonstrations — will be next to the USS Battleship Iowa on Harbor Boulevard just south of the Vincent Thomas Bridge.
The expo will be open to the general public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from May 24-27. Admission is free.
Activities and exhibits will highlight and celebrate the nation’s military services and all those who serve. Included are military displays and equipment demonstrations; live entertainment and aircraft flyovers; the annual Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between culinary specialists from the five military service branches; and dodgeball and Military Has Talent competitions.
Dining options include Vicky’s Doghouse Cafe on board the Battleship Iowa and a variety of food trucks. Restaurants throughout the nearby Downtown San Pedro area also will be open.
Neighborhood “activations” throughout Los Angeles and Orange County cities are designed to introduce service members to the public by way of community projects and outreach activities. Navy and Marine Corps bands will perform at various venues including in the cities of Los Angeles, Fullerton and Venice.
Service members also will join in a Habitat for Humanity build site, a beach clean-up in Venice and a facility improvement project for the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center.
On Memorial Day, 500 sailors will gather to walk across the iconic Sixth Street Bridge in Downtown Los Angeles as a Memorial Day sale.
A solemn Memorial Day ceremony also will be held on the LA Fleet Week Expo main stage next to the Battleship Iowa honoring those who lost their lives in defense of the country.
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