On May 23, the Parade of Ships marked the first day of the Fleet Week New York.
During the parade, 23 Tall Ships and Warships made their way from The Statue of Liberty, past the World Trade Center site to Manhattan’s West side.
The following image shows the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels demo team overflying the USS Donald Cook as it enters the New York Harbor during the Parade of Ships.
Image: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Martin Egnash
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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