A crew member aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Seattle, salutes during the Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, July 29, 2015.
Coast Guard cutters have been participating in the annual Seafair Parade of Ships since its inception in 1950.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer.
(Right to left) Spectators, including Vice Adm. Charles Ray, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Command, Navy Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, commander, 3rd Fleet and Rear Adm. Richard Gromlich, commander, Coast Guard 13th District, watch as U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and Royal Canadian Navy vessels pass by during Seattle’s Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, July 29, 2015.
Seafair has held the event since its inception in 1950 with multiple ships coming into the port of Seattle for the event.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zac Crawford.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot High Endurance Cutter homeported in Seattle, cruise along the city waterfront as they participate in the 2015 Seafair Parade of Ships in Seattle, July 29, 2015.
After the parade, the crew moored the cutter at Pier 66 to provide tours during the event.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Seattle enforces a security zone around the USS Boxer, an 844-foot Amphibious Assault Ship homeported in San Diego, Calif., during the 2015 Seafair Parade of Ships in Seattle, July 29, 2015.
The parade consisted of vessels from the U.S Navy Third Fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy, and was followed up by a search and rescue demonstration by an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., passes over two San Diego, based U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers, USS Gridley and USS Dewey, during Seattle’s Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, July 29, 2015.
Along with the destroyers, three Royal Canadian Navy ships, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Vancouver, HMCS Whitehorse and HMCS Brandon, the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a high-endurance cutter based in Seattle, and the USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, participated in this year’s events.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zac Crawford.
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., performs a search and rescue demonstration for the crowd during Seattle’s Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliott Bay, July 29, 2015.
In addition to the demonstration, numerous vessels from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and the Canadian Navy participated in the yearly event.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zac Crawford.