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NYC Fleet Week 2002 began on May 22, and was the first Fleet Week following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center. Thirteen U.S. Navy ships, five U.S. Coast Guard ships, one ship representing the Canadian Navy and one representing the Danish Navy sailed up the Hudson River to piers 86 and 88 near the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Fleet Week is here, just in time for an autumn Bay Area heat wave to clear out. During the seven days of Fleet Week, bands will play, jets will roar overhead ...
Watch as the annual Fleet Week (FWNY) begins in New York City on Wednesday, 24 May, celebrating maritime forces. A ceremonial parade of vessels will sail past Manhattan and Staten Island, passing ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s back. San Francisco’s annual Fleet Week event is just a few days away. Anticipated events like the Air Show, Parade of Ships, ship tours, and the headlining Blue ...
A Boeing 747-273C of World Airways at Miami International Airport in 1974 wearing the early red color scheme. World Cargo MD-11F arriving at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.. World Airways was founded on March 29, 1948 by Benjamin Pepper with the introduction of ex-Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boats.
The M/V San Francisco Belle, a paddlewheel style vessel, joined the fleet in 2001. The Belle, with a capacity of 2,200 is the largest dining yacht on the West Coast. The San Francisco Hornblower Hybrid, the first hybrid ferry in the United States, was completed in 2008 and serves visitors to Alcatraz Island and Angel Island in San Francisco Bay.
Flying Cloud was a clipper ship that set the world's sailing record for the fastest passage between New York and San Francisco, 89 days 8 hours.The ship held this record for over 130 years, from 1854 to 1989.
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