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The Rose Festival Fleet goes upriver this week

This week the visiting ships that comprise the Rose Festival Fleet will pass by Astoria and other points on the river to Portland. Ships will dock at the seawall at Tom McCall Park and be available for tours there.

We have several ships heading past Astoria this week. Here's the list of ships and when we'll likely see them:

Tuesday:

• USS Mustin - US Navy guided missile destroyer - Depart Port of Astoria ~8am Tuesday/ Portland ~3:30pm
• USS Jack H Lucas - US Navy guided missile destroyer - Depart Port of Astoria ~8:30am Tuesday/ Portland ~4pm
• HMCS Nanaimo - Canadian Navy maritime coastal defence vessel - Passing Astoria ~8:30am Tuesday/ Portland ~4pm

Wednesday:

• USCGC Eagle - inbound past Astoria ~9:30am Wednesday/ Portland ~3:30pm

More info see the Rose Festival Fleet website: https://www.rosefestival.org/events/2025/fleetweek

Track ships in real time on vesselfinder or marinetraffic. Be aware that some military ships do not display AIS for security reasons or are designated as military with numbers instead of names.