The Blue Angels will return during Fleet Week this week. Photo by Morton Beebe, Beebe © 2010.
Excitement is building for the Blue Angels to return this year. Photo by Morton Beebe, Beebe © 2010.
U.S. Navy vessels at Pier 35, October 2010. Photo by Morton Beebe, Beebe © 2010.
If you’re in the Barbary Coast, you’ll hear the Blue Angels as they swoop through the skies. Photo by Morton Beebe, Beebe © 2010.
Fleet Week kicks off in the Bay Area with the Parade of Ships arrival to the Port of San Francisco and other events open to the public through next Monday.
With the Bay Area’s largest military presence with more than 4,000 men and women based in San Francisco, Coast Guard personnel and assets will participate and provide maritime security for the Fleet Week events.
These Coast Guard personnel perform a variety of missions including search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, inspections, fisheries enforcement, aids to navigation, port security, anti-terrorism patrols, environmental protection and illegal drug and migrant interdiction.
The following is a list of Fleet Week events featuring the Coast Guard,U.S. Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy along the San Francisco waterfront from the Fleet Week website:
Tuesday October 7
K9 Heroes “Bark in the Park” 3 p.m. Jefferson Park (Eddy & Gough streets)
Wednesday October 8
Art Exhibit 10:30a.m.-5 p.m. The Cannery
Thursday October 9
Art Exhibit 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The Cannery
Blue Angels Arrival & Practice noon-5 p.m.
Ships Tours 11-4 p.m. See
Navy Ships page - note: children younger than age 8 are not allowed on ship tours
32nd Street Brass Band 1-2 p.m. Pier 39
Friday October 10
Softball Tournament 8 a.m. Moscone Field at Chestnut & Laguna streets
Art Exhibit 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The Cannery
USMC Band Performance 11 a.m. Pier 39
Parade of Ships 11 a.m. Northern Waterfront
Air Show Rehearsal 12:30-4 p.m. (Blue Angels from 3-4 p.m.)
Veterans War Memorial Dedication and Reception 3 p.m. Van Ness Avenue
The Destroyers Band Performance 4 p.m. Pier 39
Saturday October 11
Humanitarian Village 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Marina Green
Art Exhibit 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The Cannery
Powell St. Band Concert 11 a.m. Powell & Market
The Destroyers Band Peformance, noon, Pier 39
Air Show 12:30-4 p.m. (Blue Angels from 3-4 p.m.)
Blue Angel Meet & Greet 6:15 p.m. Pier 39
Pier 39 Fireworks 8:30 p.m.
Sunday October 12
Art Exhibit 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. The Cannery
Humanitarian Village 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Marina Green
USNSCC Band of the West Performance, noon, Pier 39
Italian Heritage Parade 12:30 p.m., starts at intersection of Powell & Jefferson street and ends at Washington Street
Air Show 12:30-4 p.m. (Blue Angels from 3-4 p.m.)
Monday October 13
High School Band Challenge 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Golden Gate Park
