Over the Bow Volume 82 Issue 2 Summer 2023 Summer 2023 | Page 38

Fleet Week New York 2023

Parade of Ships

David Mooney

Fleet New York returned to the five boroughs on Wednesday , Memorial Day , for only the second time in four years . The Parade of Ships kicked off the event with three U . S . Navy ships , two U . S . Coast Guard vessels and four U . S . Naval Academy boats , and vessels from Italy , Canada and the U . K . D1SR had 62 Auxiliarists participate between cu�er tours in Manha�an and Staten Island and Cu�er tours on

Staten Island . Three Auxiliarists also manned shu�le vans for the active duty . Because of the support of the Auxiliary , the Commanding Officer of the Cu�er Warren Deyampert was able to reduce his crew from 8 to 3 and commented that he was highly impressed with the professionalism and efficiency of members conducting the tours .
Above , Italian Navy Marina Militare Italiana , Guided Missile Frigate F 591 ITS Virginio Fasan . Right , US flag flies next to the USS Intrepid in the Hudson River .
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