About this episode

The episode discusses the arrival of ships for the Rose Festival Fleet week in Portland, including the USS Chafee.

The Ship Report, Monday, June 1, 2026 It’s Rose Festival Fleet week on the Columbia 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

People in this episode

Host: The Ship Report

Topics covered

• Rose Festival
• Fleet week
• Navy ships
• Portland events
• USS Chafee

Keywords

• Rose Festival
• Fleet week
• USS Chafee
• Portland
• Navy destroyer
• ship tours
• Columbia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USS Chafee, rosefestival.org

Places: Portland, Astoria

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