Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale begins with arrival of battleships, attack submarine

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – About 1,200 servicemen and women with the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard arrived astatine Port Everglades successful Fort Lauderdale successful 3 battleships and a U.S. Navy Virginia-class onslaught submarine to people Fleet Week, from Tuesday to April 30.

The ships are the USS New York, an amphibious transport dock vessel with 7.5 tons of alloy from the World Trade Center; USS Cole, the guided-missile destroyer attacked successful 2000 successful Yemen; and USCGC Tampa, a mean endurance cutter.

Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale started connected Tuesday astatine Port Everglades. (Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

The nationalist tours are from Wednesday to April 29. Organizers necessitate a free ticket to circuit the ships and volition release these online 48 hours successful beforehand of each radical tour’s appointment.

Touring the submarine requires a preservation to participate a summons lottery. The docket of events included a 6:40 p.m., Tuesday sojourn to the LoanDepot Park, for the crippled betwixt The Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds.

Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale started Tuesday astatine Port Everglades. (Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

The agelong database of regular events includes golf, concerts, assemblage service, receptions, lunches, breakfasts, dinners, schoolhouse visits, yoga, and a 5K.

The fleet’s departure starts astatine 6 a.m., connected April 30.

Fleet Week Fort Lauderdale started connected Tuesday astatine Port Everglades. (Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

Copyright 2025 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.


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