This week we’ll begin seeing ships arriving to head to Portland for the Rose Festival as part of the Festival Fleet.

One ship is already in town on Astoria: the USS Chafee, a Navy destroyer, which will head to Portland around midnight tonight. I’ll announce other ships as they appear on the schedule and include them in the ship schedule I publish during the week.

You can tour ships in Portland this weekend. For more info see the Festival Website and click on the Fleet page: rosefestival.org

Photo: Rose Festival Fleet arrivals are greeted by the city’s fireboat.

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