Kearsarge Visits New York for Fleet Week Story Number: NNS060525-04 Release Date: 5/25/2006 1:06:00 PM
By Journalist 1st Class (SW) Robert Keilman, USS Kearsarge Public Affairs
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (NNS) -- More than 1,000 Sailors and 600 Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) arrived in New York May 24 for Fleet Week 2006.
Kearsarge, along with seven other U.S. naval ships will visit Manhattan and Staten Island for the annual celebration from May 24-31.