23-05-2025
L.A. Fleet Week now open to the public
Gayle Anderson reports L.A. Fleet Week 2025 officially opens to the public today, Friday, May 23rd, 2025. It's described as 'Southern California's largest Memorial Day event!' It's free!
L.A. Fleet Week® is an annual, multi-day celebration of the nation's Sea Services is held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the extended Memorial Day Weekend. Events include:
Active-duty ship tours
Military displays and equipment demonstrations
Live entertainment
Neighborhood Activations
Downtown San Pedro and Wilmington Welcome Parties
Aircraft flyovers
Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force and Army teams
Competitions including Dodgeball and Military Has Talent
Military band performances across L.A.
The weekend event is free to the general public!
The Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro hosts the L.A. Fleet Week Expo, where visitors will find military displays and equipment demonstrations. This is also the location for shuttles to take visitors to the active warships on Berth 46. There is no public access to the ships.
The four active-duty vessels from the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard available for tours are:
*USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) is the lead ship of its class of landing ship dock of the United States Navy. This ship supports amphibious operations, including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft, and helicopters, onto hostile shores.
*USS Carl Levin (DDG 120) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer that provides multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities. Destroyers operate independently or as part of carrier strike groups or surface action groups.
*USV Mariner (OUSV-4) is an Overlord unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. Navy. The vessel is designed as a low-cost, high-endurance ship that can be reconfigured with various modular payloads, including anti-surface warfare and strike payloads for unmanned missions.
*USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) 'America's Tall Ship' trains cadets and officer candidates, teaching them practical seamanship skills while indoctrinating them in the Coast Guard's afloat leadership laboratory.
The new digital line queue allows attendees to access free public tours of the active-duty ships. To enter the digital queue, attendees must be physically located in the city of San Pedro and visit to submit their name and contact details. (Note: location services must be enabled on the mobile phone.) Attendees will receive a notification and instructions when it is time to enter the shuttle line for the active-duty ship tours.
Important information regarding the do's and don'ts of public ship tours, including shuttle pick-up locations, security requirements, and tour restrictions, is available on the L.A. Fleet Week website.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Gayle Anderson at 323-460-5732, email Gayle at Facebook: Gayle Anderson, Instagram and Threads: KTLAChannel5Gayle, X (Formerly Known As Twitter:) KTLA5Gayle and
Gayle Anderson reports for KTLA 5 News on May 23, 2025.
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