The multiday event takes place at the Port of Los Angeles, and this year the featured vessels include a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and a Coast Guard response cutter.
Los Angeles is celebrating the U.S. sea services this Memorial Day weekend with the 7th LA Fleet Week.The multiday event takes place in San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles, and this year the featured vessels for public tours include a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and a U.S. Coast Guard response cutter.Lt. JG Joseph Osueke, with the U.S. Coast Guard said the sailors and shipmen on the vessels are ready to greet the public.'We'll have some static displays this weekend.
' Aside form ship tours, the celebration includes military displays, equipment demonstrations, live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, a Galley Wars cookoff competition, a dodgeball match and military band performances across L.A.Fleet Week is billed as Southern California's largest Memorial Day event, and its all free. The main expo venue will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, next to the Battleship USS Iowa, at 250 S. Harbor Blvd.Touring the vesselsOpen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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