Naval Review

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This page describes reviews of the US Fleet. For Fleet Reviews of the Royal Navy, see Fleet Review, Royal Navy, or for reviews of other national navies, see Review (disambiguation). For the magazine 'Naval Review', see Naval Review (magazine).

Truman (waving his hat) with his party on board USS Renshaw (DD-499) during the Navy Day Fleet Review in New York Harbor, 27 October 1945. USS Missouri (BB-63) is in the right background, and Navy planes are flying in formation overhead.

A Naval Review is an event, where the whole (or a very large part) of the US Navy is paraded to be reviewed by the president or the Secretary of the Navy. It often includes delegates from other national navies. It is more regular and frequent than its British equivalent, the Fleet Review, and often occurs on a Navy Day.

Following is a list, by president. (Each was reviewed by the president, unless otherwise noted)

[edit] Nineteenth century

[edit] Grover Cleveland

• Apr to June 1893, at Hampton Roads - International Naval Review,part of the Columbian Exposition - President in despatch vessel Dolphin - inc. USS Atlanta (1884), USS Chicago (1885), USS Charleston (C-2)

[edit] Before World War One

[edit] Theodore Roosevelt

• 1903 at Oyster Bay, New York - Presidential Fleet Review
• 2 September–4 September 1906, Oyster Bay, N.Y., inc. USS Yankee (1892), USS Florida (BM-29), USS Truxtun (DD-14)
• 16 December 1907, Hampton Roads - seeing off the Great White Fleet - inc. USS Georgia (BB-15), 15 other battleships, a torpedo boat squadron and transports, USS Truxtun (DD-14)
• 10 June 1907 - Presidential Review, from Fort Monroe as part of Jamestown Exposition - laid groundwork for Naval Station, Norfolk - inc. USS Georgia (BB-15), from which 11 June was proclaimed "Georgia Day"
• 6 May–8 May 1908,San Francisco Bay, reviewed by Secretary of the Navy - inc. USS Georgia (BB-15),U.S. Pacific Fleet, USS California (ACR-6), USS Washington (ACR-11), USS Wisconsin (BB-9)
• 22 February 1909, Hampton Roads, welcoming home the "Great White Fleet". Included USS New Hampshire (BB-25), USS Idaho (BB-24),USS Wisconsin (BB-9)

[edit] Howard Taft

• 2 November 1910 - Before departure for France
• early November 1911, New York - inc USS South Carolina (BB-26), USS Washington (ACR-11)
• 1 April 1912, off Yonkers, New York, inc. USS Wisconsin (BB-9)
• 14 October 1912, North River, ships including USS Delaware (BB-28) and USS E-1 (SS-24) passed before the President and the Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer
• 10 October–15 October 1912, Philadelphia - inc. USS Iowa (BB-4)

[edit] 1914-1919 - Woodrow Wilson

• May 1915, New York Harbor - inc. USS G-4 (SS-26)
• 26 December 1918 - reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels from the deck of the yacht "Mayflower" and by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt from USS Aztec (SP-590) - inc. USS Wisconsin (BB-9)
• September 1919, San Francisco, including USS Crane (DD-109) (during which she was visited by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 4 September) and USS Dent (DD-116)
• 12 September 1919, Seattle - inc. USS Seattle
• late December 1919, North River - Victory Naval Review - inc. USS Florida (BB-30)

[edit] Inter-war

USS Chicago (CA-29) underway off New York City, during the 31 May 1934 fleet review.

[edit] Warren G. Harding

• 28 April 1921, Hampton Roads, by President Warren G. Harding. Included USS Delaware (BB-28) and USS Dickerson (DD-157)
• April 1921, Norfolk, Virginia, including USS Dahlgren (DD-187) and USS Graham (DD-192)
• 1923, Seattle, Washington, including USS Chase (DD-323)
• 4 June 1927, Hampton Roads, including USS Coghlan (DD-326)
• 31 May 1934, New York Harbor, including USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), USS Chicago (CA-29) and USS Dickerson (DD-157)
• September–November 1935, San Diego, including USS Philip (DD-76) and USS Crowninshield (DD-134)

[edit] Calvin Coolidge

• May and June 1927, Hampton Roads - inc. USS Seattle, USS Camden (AS-6), USS Concord (CL-10), USS Somers (DD-301), USS La Vallette (DD-315)

[edit] Franklin D. Roosevelt

• 31 May 1934 - inc. USS Chester (CA-27)
• 30 September 1935 - inc. USS Concord (CL-10)
• 12 July–14 July 1938, San Francisco - inc. USS Concord (CL-10) - USS Houston (CA-30) carried President Roosevelt

[edit] 1940 to 1945

USS Texas (BB-35), 1940 review

USS Missouri in the Panama Canal en route to the 1945 review

Truman, 1945 review

USS New York (BB-34) at the 1945 review

• Navy Day, 27 October 1940
• Navy Day Fleet Review in New York Harbor, 27 October 1945

[edit] Post-war to present

[edit] Dwight Eisenhower

• 11 June–13 June 1957, Hampton Roads - International Naval Review on 350th anniversary of founding of Jamestown, Virginia - inc. USS Forrest Royal (DD-872), USS Cavalla (SS-244), USS Iowa (BB-61), USS Macon (CA-1332) , USS Ray (SS-271), USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), USS Hunt (DD-674), USS Hyman (DD-732)
• 26 June 1959, Lake St. Louis - reviewed by the President and by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - inc. USS Forrest Royal (DD-872)

[edit] Gerald Ford

• 1975, New York Harbor - International Naval Review for United States Bicentennial - inc. USS Forrestal (CVA-59) as host ship (on whose flight deck on July 4 the President rang in the Bicentennial), USS Dale (DLG-19), HMS Bacchante (F69) as Royal Navy representative, El Horria as the Egyptian representative.

[edit] Ronald Reagan

• 1986, International Naval Review for the rededication of the Statue of Liberty - inc. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) as flagship of the review fleet

[edit] Bill Clinton

• 3 July–9 July 2000, New York City, sixth International Naval Review - inc. USS John Hancock (DD-981), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)