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Event where select vessels and assets of the US Navy are paraded and reviewed by the POTUS

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::summary Event where select vessels and assets of the US Navy are paraded and reviewed by the POTUS ::

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A Naval Review is an event where select vessels and assets of the United States Navy are paraded to be reviewed by the President of the United States or the Secretary of the Navy. Due to the geographic distance separating the modern U.S. Navy and the deployment rotations of a various ships within a fleet, it would be exceedingly difficult to imagine a situation where even an entire numbered fleet could be presented at one event, to say nothing of the physical cost and logistical requirements to support over 460 ships exceeding 3.4 million tons displacement.

A naval review can also include warships and delegates from other national navies. The largest modern maritime exercise regularly being conducted by the US Navy is the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), held biennially during the summer on even-numbered years off the coast of Hawaii. It typically sees the participation of around 50 ships and 200 aircraft, from 2 dozen nations with some 25,000 personnel, culminating in a massive naval review often attended by the Secretary of the Navy, joining the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and other invited dignitaries.

Following is a list of select past Naval Reviews, by President. Each was reviewed by the President, unless otherwise noted.

Nineteenth century

[[Grover Cleveland]]

Before World War One

[[Theodore Roosevelt]]

  • 1903 at Oyster Bay, New York – Presidential Fleet Review

  • 2–4 September 1906, Oyster Bay, New York – U.S. naval vessels included:

  • 10 June 1907 – Presidential Review, from Fort Monroe as part of Jamestown Exposition which laid the groundwork for Naval Station, Norfolk – U.S. naval vessels included USS Georgia, from which 11 June was proclaimed "Georgia Day"
  • 16 December 1907, Hampton Roads – Send-off for the Great White Fleet, which included , 15 other battleships, a torpedo boat squadron and transports, USS Truxtun

  • 6–8 May 1908, San Francisco Bay, reviewed by Secretary of the Navy, which included the following units of the Pacific Fleet:

    • USS Georgia

  • 22 February 1909, Hampton Roads – Return of the Great White Fleet, which included the following vessels:

[[William Howard Taft]]

  • 2 November 1910 – Before departure for France

  • early November 1911, New York – U.S. naval vessels included:

    • USS Washington
  • 1 April 1912, off Yonkers, New York, which included USS Wisconsin
  • 14 October 1912, North River – and passed before the President and the Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer
  • 10 – 15 October 1912, Philadelphia –

1914 – 1919: [[Woodrow Wilson]]

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  • May 1915, New York Harbor – inc.
  • 26 December 1918 – New York – reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels from the deck of the yacht and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt from , which also included USS Wisconsin
  • September 1919, San Francisco, including (during which she was visited by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 4 September) and
  • 12 September 1919, Seattle, Washington – U.S. naval vessels included USS Seattle
  • late December 1919, North River – Victory Naval Review – U.S. naval vessels included

Inter-war

[[Warren G. Harding]]

  • 28 April 1921, Hampton Roads – Reviewed by President Warren G. Harding, which included the following U.S. naval vessels:
    • USS Delaware

  • April 1921, Norfolk, Virginia, which included the following U.S. naval vessels:

  • 1923, Seattle, Washington, which included and

[[Calvin Coolidge]]

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  • June 1927, Hampton Roads – Naval vessels included:
    • USS Seattle

[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]

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  • 31 May 1934, New York Harbor, which included the following U.S. naval vessels:

  • September–November 1935, San Diego, California which included the following U.S. naval vessels:

    • USS Concord
  • 12 – 14 July 1938, San Francisco, California – carried President Roosevelt and also included USS Concord.

1940 to 1945

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  • Navy Day, 27 October 1940

[[Harry S. Truman]]

  • Navy Day Fleet Review in New York Harbor, 27 October 1945

Post-war to present

[[Dwight Eisenhower]]

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11 – 13 June 1957, Hampton Roads – International Naval Review on 350th anniversary of founding of Jamestown, Virginia, which involved 113 ships from seventeen nations, including the French anti-aircraft cruiser and the following U.S. naval vessels:

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26 June 1959, USS Lake St. Louis reviewed by the President and by Queen Elizabeth II, which included USS Forrest Royal and

[[Gerald Ford]]

1976 - New York Harbor – Fourth International Naval Review in honor of the United States Bicentennial. Set to coincide with Op Sail 1976, which included as host ship on whose flight deck on 4 July the President rang in the Bicentennial.

American ships were joined with vessels from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, West Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Israel, Egypt, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa, The Netherlands, & Romania.

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US Ships Participating in the 1976 Naval Review
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Foreign Ships Participating in the 1976 Naval Review
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Participating Tall Ships in order of Review
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[[Ronald Reagan]]

1986 - On July 3–4, the Fifth International Naval Review commemorating the rededication of the Statue of Liberty was held in New York Harbor. Repeating the model from 1776, the warships came in on July 3 and anchored along the channel and the Tall Ships sailed up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge past , where Reagan and other VIPs gathered to review the fleet.

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US Navy Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval Review
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USCG & NOAA Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval Review
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Foreign Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval Review
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Tall Ship Participants in the 1986 Parade of Ships
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[[Bill Clinton]]

3–9 July 2000, New York City – Sixth International Naval Review, set to coincide with Op Sail 200, included the following U.S naval vessels:

Reviewing Ships

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Participants in the 2000 Parade of Ships
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2026 Review

In honor of the United States Semiquincentennial, the United States Navy will host a naval review on 4 July 2026 in New York Harbor. It is planned for more than 80 ships from 30 countries to be taking part. It will also coincide with OpSail 2026.

[[Exercise RIMPAC|RIMPAC]]

Main article: RIMPAC

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First held in 1971, RIMPAC is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. Hosted and administered by the United States Navy's Indo-Pacific Command in conjunction with the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and Hawaii National Guard. It is described by the US Navy as a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans.

Although the 2020 RIMPAC exercise was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 25,000 naval personnel and 52 ships and submarines from 26 countries participated in the 2018 exercises, with forces representing Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.

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References

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