The Rose Festival Fleet departs Portland

After a visit for tours on the Willamette River waterfront, as part of the annual Portland Rose Festival, the Rose Festival Fleet will be heading downriver today. Look for the USS Montgomery, the HMCS Yellowknife and HMCS Edmunton heading dowriver today, leaving between 9 and 10:30 am. It looks like the USS Montgomery will stop at the Port of Astoria, while the Canadian ships will head out to sea.

You can track their locations on vesselfinder.com and marinetraffic.com as they travel downriver. If you look for them on those apps, they will be listed as "US gov vessel," or "CDN warship."

Show transcript here: http://shipreport.nfshost.com/audio/SRTranscript061024.pdf