2011 Portland Fleet Week Pictures & Info, Trimet | FREE, Rose Festival
June 9, 2011 — PDXPIPELINE
Snugglin’ Up to Tom McCall
Fleet Week, Waterfront Park
June 8, 2011
Photo By victorvonsalza
Description: Waterfront Park is the US Army Corps of Engineers Hopper Dredge Essayons. A bunch more ships arrive today/Thursday June 9th 2011, check/listen to the very informative The Ship Report for details, track them on the www.marinetraffic.com live map, and photograph them along the river and at the waterfront as they arrive. Then come back at 8:30pm for sunset and a photowalk with the PDX Nightowls and enter your favorite Rose Festival related photo in the pdx [portland] flickr group June 16th photo contest and meetup. Get closer. N48747
Related: MANY Portland Weekend Events, Parties, Free Tickets ($300) | June 9-12
The 2011 Portland Fleet Week has arrived as part of Rose Festival celebrations.
From Rose Festival Website:
Navy Fleet Arrives: Wednesday, June 8
Duration: Wednesday, June 8 – Sunday, June 12
Departs: Monday, June 13
Location: Along Tom McCall Waterfront Park’s esplanade seawall from the Steel Bridge to Salmon Springs Fountain | See the map on the Event Info page
Admission: Admission is free – ships are outside CityFair gates along the seawall
Naval vessels from the United States Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the Canadian Maritime Forces arrive from around the world for a four-day visit to the City of Roses. Ship tours will be available daily.
The USS Charleston was the first ship to visit the Portland Rose Festival in 1907 and the navy’s annual Rose Festival Fleet Week visitation has been an annual tradition for more than 80 years.
Canadian Maritime Forces began visiting the Rose Festival in 1924 and continue to bring ships each year. The Battleship USS Oregon visited the Rose Festival in its final tour before decommissioning in 1925. The mast of the USS Oregon now resides in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
From Trimet:
Rose Festival fleet arrivals will cause bridge lifts between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow, June 8, and between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Expect delays as MAX trains and buses hold for bridge lifts or detour to open bridges.
Lines affected are: MAX Blue, Green, Red and Yellow lines, 4-Division/Fessenden, 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th, 9-Powell/Broadway, 12-Barbur/Sandy Blvd, 15-Belmont NW 23rd, 19-Woodstock/Glisan, 20-Burnside/Stark, 35-Macadam/Greeley, 44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest and 77-Broadway/Halsey.
The boats are coming the boats are coming
Photo by Squid Vicious
Taken on June 8, 2011
A Break in the Rain
Photo by Don Pyle
Taken on June 4, 2010
Description: Portland’s waterfront with the USS Sampson & Bunker Hill visiting for Rose Festival Fleet Week. (better large) | Polarizer & 6 stop ND | 8 seconds @ f/11
Let’s Play Battleship
Photo by markofphotography
Taken on June 5, 2010
Description: The United States Navy and Canadian Maritime Forces have brought in a few battleships for Portland’s annual Fleet Week & Rose Festival. Docked alongside Waterfront Park, these gigantic vessels make for an imposing but graceful presence.
USS Bunker Hill CG52 ~ Fleet Week
Photo by Don Pyle
Taken on June 3, 2010
Description: USS Bunker Hill Hill arriving for Rose Festival Fleet Week, Portland, Oregon.
Fleet Week Portland
Photo by M-Eyes
June 7, 2008
Fleet Week
Photo by xtaxta
Taken on June 5, 2008
Description: Big battleships dock on the Willamette during the Rose Festival’s Fleet Week. The orange bridge is the Broadway Bridge (or as Charo likes to call it, “The GO BY TRAIN bridge”), and in the background is the Fremont Bridge. Oh yeah, and that’s a big giant battleship in the foreground.
city under siege
Photo by carolyn_in_oregon
Taken on June 8, 2006
Description: Fleet Week in Portland coincides with the Rose Festival. The city is flooded with sailors. My grandma picked up my grandpa at Fleet Week in Seattle 61 years ago. haaaaa!
