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On Assignment: Parade of ships on the Hudson kick off Fleet Week 2012

JERSEY CITY, N.J., MAY 23, 2012 — Fleet Week 2012 kicks off with a parade of ships on the Hudson River. Here, people watch from the north end of Liberty State Park and from aboard a ferry boat as the tall ship Cisne Branco (Brazilian Navy) sails past. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The KRI Dewaruci (Indonesia), right, sails past the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

International tall ships sail past One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan as spectators watch from Liberty State Park in Jersey City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

International tall ships sail past One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The KRI Dewaruci (Indonesia) sails past he Empire State Building in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The tall ship Cisne Branco (Brazil) sails past One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The tall ship BAE Guyas (Ecuador) sails past Liberty State Park in Jersey City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

A cannon fires as the tall ship ARC Gloria (Columbia), right, sails past Lower Manhattan. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The US Navy’€™s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team performs a flyover with six F/A-18s past the Statue of Liberty. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The US Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team performs another flyover with six F/A-18s past One World Trade Center in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The military ship USS San Jacinto (CG 56). (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Spectators watch the parade of ships from Liberty State Park. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The military ship USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) sails past Lower Manhattan in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The JS Shirane (Japan) sails past the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LPD 1) enters the New York harbor past the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The military ship RFA Argus (United Kingdom) sails past the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LPD 1) sails past the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

See more photos and read the story from The Jersey Journal’s Travis Fedschun: Fleet Week parade sails up Hudson River as aircraft provide show in sky

  • rayMay 24, 2012 - 9:05 am

    Wow! These photos are great! Thank you for sharing.ReplyCancel

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