Gayle Anderson reports on the U.S. Navy ships coming to town for LA Fleet Week 2025.
The four active-duty vessels from the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard will be available beginning Friday for free public tours on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles during LA Fleet Week 2025.
*USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) is the lead ship of its class of landing ship dock of the United States Navy. This ship supports amphibious operations, including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft, and helicopters, onto hostile shores.
*USS Carl Levin (DDG 120) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer that provides multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities. Destroyers operate independently or as part of carrier strike groups or surface action groups.
*USV Mariner (OUSV-4) is an Overlord unmanned surface vessel operated by the U.S. Navy. The vessel is designed as a low-cost, high-endurance ship that can be reconfigured with various modular payloads, including anti-surface warfare and strike payloads for unmanned missions.
*USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) “America’s Tall Ship” trains cadets and officer candidates, teaching them practical seamanship skills while indoctrinating them in the Coast Guard’s afloat leadership laboratory.
Attendees can access free public tours of the active-duty ships using a digital queue. Entering the digital queue will require the attendee to be physically located in the city of San Pedro and visit GetInLine.LAFleetWeek.org to submit their name and contact details. (Note: location services must be enabled on the mobile phone.) Attendees will receive a notification and instructions when it is time to enter the shuttle line for the active-duty ship tours.
Important information regarding public ship tours, including shuttle pick-up locations, security requirements, and tour restrictions, is available on the LA Fleet Week website.
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Gayle Anderson reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News May 22, 2025.