NYC's 37th annual Fleet Week kicks off with Parade of Ships
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Wednesday kicks off the beginning of the 37th annual Fleet Week in New York City with the Parade of Ships.
They traveled up the Hudson River and passed by the Intrepid Museum.
Hundreds of service men and women in the Armed Forces manned the rails of their ships as they sailed into New York City.
Ships that passed by the Intrepid Museum and pier locations include:
Manhattan, Pier 88 South:
Manhattan, Pier 90 North:
Manhattan, Intrepid Museum, Pier 86:
Homeport Pier, Staten Island:
Fleet Week will take place from May 21 to May 26th.
Entrance to the ships from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day at Pier 88 and 90 is free, along with the Intrepid Museum at Pier 86.
Following the Parade of Ships, the museum will preview Explore Intrepid: Engines and Boilers, an immersive virtual reality experience that transports visitors into the heart of the legendary aircraft carrier's engineering spaces.
The virtual reality experience will be open to the public on May 28.
The arrival of the ships officially kicks off the U.S. Navy's Fleet Week festivities including free activities and interactive displays on Pier 86, a free screening of Top Gun on the flight deck and annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony which features remarks from civil and military leaders and a ceremonial wreath laying and flyover by military jets.
Fleet Week is also celebrating 250 years of the Navy and Marines.
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