STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — There aren’t many times a journalist has the honor and privilege to stay aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, so when I was presented with the opportunity to get an inside look few will ever have — during Fleet Week no less — I jumped at the chance.

The Fleet Week New York Parade of Ships will take place the morning of Wednesday, May 21. The ships will travel from the Verrazano Bridge up through New York Harbor and to Piers 86-90 in Hell's ...

Fleet Week 2025 sails into Hell’s Kitchen this Wednesday with the Parade of Ships — launching a packed week of activity centered on the Intrepid Museum and stretching across the West Side to Times Square.

In May 2007, two Journal News journalists took in Fleet Week from the deck of a multipurpose amphibious assault ship, the USS Wasp.