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 Apr to June 1893, at Hampton Roads – International Naval Review, part of the Columbian Exposition – President on board the despatch vessel , with the following other U.S. naval vessels present:
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
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 Paul Stillwell, Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991), 303. . . and
Calvin Coolidge
June 1927, Hampton Roads – Naval vessels included: USS Seattle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
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
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:USS Albany Web Site
– Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson embarked
– Flagship for Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
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.
US Ships Participating in the 1976 Naval Review - Flagship
USS EdentonUSS Julius A Furer
USCGC Mahoning USCGC ManitouUSS Pharris USCGC Red Beech USS Richard L. Page USS Richmond K. Turner
USCGC Sauk
USS William V. Pratt
Foreign Ships Participating in the 1976 Naval Review (Australia) D-35 Sergipe (Brazil) (Canada) HDMS Peder Skram (Denmark) DOMR Separación (Dom. Rep.) ENS El Horreya (Egypt) FS Drogou (France) FS Duperré (France) (UK) (UK) (UK) INS Tarashish (Israel) (Israel) ITS San Giorgio (Italy) JDS Katori (Japan) JDS Nagatsuki (Japan) HNLMS Holland (Netherlands) (Netherlands) HNLMS Zeeland (Netherlands) (Norway)BAP Independencia (Peru) NRP Alfonso Cerqeria (Portugal) NRP Honório Barreto (Portugal) (South Africa) ESPS Asturias (Spain) (Sweden) TCG Peyk (Turkey) ARV Zulia (Venezuela) FGS Glücksburg (West Germany) FGS Hessen (West Germany)
Participating Tall Ships in order of Review (United States) Danmark (Denmark) Christian Radich (Norway) (Argentina) BACH (Chile) (Colombia)FGS (Germany) ITS (Italy) JS Nippon Maru (Japan) Dar Pomorza (Poland) (Portugal) ESPS (Spain) ROS Mircea (Romania) USSRS Tovarishch (Soviet Union) Kruzenshtern (Soviet Union) Gazela Primeiro (United States)
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.
US Navy Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval Review
USS Emory S. Land USNS Range Sentinel
USCG & NOAA Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval Review USCGC Bollard USCGC Cape Horn
USCGC Evergreen USCGC Gallatin USCGC Hawser USCGC Line
USCGC Point Bataan USCGC Point Francis
USCGC Point Knoll USCGC Red Beech USCGC Red Wood NOAAS Researcher
USCGC Wire
Foreign Ships Participating in the 1986 Naval ReviewF-44 Independência (Brazil) (Canada) FS Jeanne d'Arc (France) FS Jeanne De Vienne (France) FS Tourville (France) HMS Ark Royal (UK) HMS Cleopatra (UK) HMS Sirius (UK) FNH Copan (Honduras) FNH Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (India) LÉ Eithne (Ireland) HMJS Paul Bogle (Jamaica) JDS Katori (Japan) JDS Nagatsuki (Japan) (Netherlands) (Norway) FGS Braunschweig(West Germany) FGS Deutschland(West Germany) FGS Offenburg (West Germany)
Tall Ship Participants in the 1986 Parade of Ships USCGC Eagle (USA) Ernestina (United States) Danmark (Denmark) Christian Radich (Norway) ARA Libertad (Argentina) (Belgium) Bluenose II (Canada) Esmeralda (Chile) ARC Gloria (Colombia) BAE Guayas (Ecuador) Belem (France) Dewaruci (Indonesia) Galaxy (Israel) ITS Amerigo Vespucci (Italy) ARM Cuauhtémoc (Mexico) Sørlandet (Norway) Shabab Oman (Oman) NRP Sagres (Portugal) ESPS Juan Sebastián de Elcano (Spain) Svanen of Stockholm (Sweden) Calida (Scotland) Capitan Miranda (Uruguay) Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) Elissa (United States) Gazela of Philadelphia (United States) Roseway (United States)
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 Shipshttps://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2000/august/it-all-began-110-years-ago (Clinton's flagship) USS John F. Kennedy
USNS Fisher
NOAAS Rude FS De Grasse (France) JS Yūgiri (Japan) JS Kashima (Japan) HMCS Montreal (Canada) HMCS Ville de Quebec (Canada) HS Aris (Greece) (India) LE Eithne (Ireland) ITS Luigi Durand de la Penne (Italy) RSS Endurance (Singapore) SAS Drakensberg (South Africa) TCG Fatih (Turkey) UNS Slavutych (Ukraine) (United Kingdom) RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (United Kingdom)
Parading Vessels Participants in the 2000 Parade of ShipsEagle (USA) Amerigo Vespucci (ship) (Italy) Danmark (Denmark) Spirit of Massachusetts (USA) Harvey Gamage (USA) Esmeralda (Chile) Libertad (Argentina) Capitan Miranda (Uruguay) Guayas (Ecuador)Bak'tivshchyna (Ukraine) Gloria (Colombia) Dar Młodzieży (Poland)NYT June 30, 2000 page E42 ship#17 Gorch Fock (Germany) Edna E. Lockwood (United States) Clipper City (United States) Californian (United States) Ernestina (United States) Pride of Baltimore II (United States)HMS Rose (United States) Maryland Dove (United States) Niagara (United States) Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) Oosterschelde (Netherlands) Bowdoin (United States) Cisne Branco (Brazil) Søren Larsen (New Zealand) Dewaruci (Indonesia)
Donald Trump In honor of the United States Semiquincentennial, the United States Navy will host a naval review on 4 July 2026 in New York Harbor.The 250th birthday of the United States of America It is planned for more than 80 ships from 30 countries to be taking part. It will also coincide with OpSail 2026.
Reviewing vessels Naval Vessels in the International Naval ReviewUSS Nimitz USS Kearsarge USS Arlington USS Farragut USS Nitze TS Empire State VII TS State of Maine V TV King's Pointer USCGC Stone USCGC Forward USCGC William Chadwick USCGC Bonito USCGC WireESPS Juan Carlos I (Spain) ESPS Castilla (Spain) ESPS Blas de Lezo (Spain) ESPS Reina Sofía (Spain) ESPS Patiño (Spain)HNLMS Van Amstel (The Netherlands) HNLMS Den Helder (The Netherlands) HMCS St. John's (Canada) HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (Denmark) HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (Norway) NoCGV Hopen (Norway) FGS Sachsen (Germany)BNS Leopold I (Belgium) BNS Independência (Brazil) ROKS Munmu the Great (South Korea) ARM Papaloapan (Mexico) TCG Oruçreis (Turkey)BAP Tacna (Peru) RMNS Mohammed VI (Morocco) JS Yamagiri (Japan) JS Kashima (Japan) SNS Niani (Senegal) RMS Queen Mary 2https://sail4th.org/news/the-worlds-only-active-ocean-liner-will-offer-a-front-row-seat-to-next-years-grand-sail4th-250-bash (United Kingdom)
Parading Vessels Tallship Participants in the 2026 Parade of Shipshttps://sail4th.org/tall-shipsRV Robert Gray (USA) - parade escort ship Eagle (USA) Amerigo Vespucci (ship) (Italy) Esmeralda (Chile) Libertad (Argentina) Capitan Miranda (Uruguay)Guayas (Ecuador) Gloria (Colombia) Dar Młodzieży (Poland) Gorch Fock (Germany) Sagres (Portugal)Mircea (Romania) Juan Bautista Cambiaso (Dominican Republic) Belle Poule (France) Sudarshini (India) Tuiga (Monaco) Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) Unión (Peru) Juan Sebastián de Elcano (Spain) (Sweden) Vela (British Virgin Islands) Angelique (USA) Elissa (USA) Effie M. Morrissey (USA)Harvey Gamage (USA) When and If (USA) American Eagle (USA)
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