Lt.j.g. Douglas Ricketts, Lt. Holly Bergman, Cmdr. Brian Meier and Capt. Joe Raymond, Coast Guardsmen stationed in Seattle, render honors from Pier 66 as U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy vessels pass by during Seattle’s Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016.
The Parade of Ships is the first event of Seafair’s Fleet Week, a 67-year Seattle tradition. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Sarah Wilson.
Seaman Chase Leamer, a crewmember from Coast Guard Station Seattle, rides aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II while providing security for a naval ship during Seafair’s Parade of Ships, in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016.
The Navy’s fleet in this year’s parade was comprised of an 844-foot amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) and guided missile destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Dewey (DDG 105).
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.
The crew of the USS Gridley, a 510-foot Arleigh Burke-class destroyer homeported at Naval Station Everett, Wash., mans the rails during the Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016.
Manning the rails is a method of rendering honors aboard naval vessels.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
The crew of the USS Gridley, a 510-foot Arleigh Burke-class destroyer homeported at Naval Station Everett, Wash., mans the rails as a tug assists with mooring the vessel after the Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016.
Seafair is an annual Seattle event that celebrates summer in the Pacific Northwest.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Wash., prepares to moor after participating in the Seafair Parade of Ships as a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle provides a security escort in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016.
Coast Guard cutters have been participating in the annual Seafair Parade of Ships since its inception in 1950.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
A Coast Guard boat crew aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small II, from Station Seattle, provide security in Elliott Bay, Aug. 2, 2016, during Seattle’s 67th annual Seafair Parade of Ships.
Seafair activities allow U.S. and Canadian sailors and Coast Guard personnel the opportunity to experience the local community and to promote awareness of maritime forces.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.