For 4 days (Thur-Sun), public was invited to the ship tour during the fleet-week, at US Coast Guard base at Pier 46.
I walked from Bainbridge Island ferry south between 2 fences. It was about a mile south of Bainbridge Ferry.
Even after I saw Pier 46 sign, the entrance was still farther south. A very large area.
The coast guard let us sit inside its helicopter. This one is based in North Bend (Coos Bay), OR.
Many booths, encourage you to enlist, trying out rifles, ...
Not a bad turnout. The tour of each ship needs to wait. They process us by batches.
Photos are allowed only on deck.
USS Jack H Lucas, named after Jack H. Lucas, who served in the U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima and survived after jumping on to a grenade.
The ship was built in Mississippi, and was commissioned in 2023.
Based in San Diego.
The ship is 509 feet in length and has a crew of 359 enlisted Sailors, 27 Chief Petty Officers and 41 officers.
The USS Jack H. Lucas is the Navy’s first Flight 3 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.
USS Somerset (Wikipedia),
named for Somerset County, in honor of the 40 passengers and crew who gave their lives on United Airlines Flight 93 at 911, whose names are engraved on the ship.
The ship is 684 feet in length and has a crew of 699 Sailors.
It is an San_Antonio-class amphibious transport dock.
2 helicopters on deck, one is manned by 4 guys, one by 2 (one lady).
Many trucks in its bowel, a canon too.
Overall, it was interesting. While I was touring USS Somerset, Blue Angles were performing or practicing. Very loud. We all stopped to watch when they flew over.
