Fleet Week

Fleet Week just wrapped up in Portland. As I was biking to work yesterday across the Burnside Bridge, I saw tugs pulling the Navy ships out into the channel of the Willamette River. Looking at the website, I believe these are the USS Mustin (DDG 89) and USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125).

USS Mustin and USS Jack H Lucas

Here’s one of them popping up over the trees on my ride home. That ugly fencing is not normally there. I assume it’s for security during the event.

Over the trees

There were several other ships as well. This one, the USCGC Eagle, looked very cool, though with all the fencing around it, I couldn’t find a great spot for a photo.

USCGC Eagle

The internet says it looks like this at full sail:

At full sail

Fun stuff!