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A Sailor's Life for All: A Fleet Week Slide Show

By THE NEW YORK SUN | May 21, 2008

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Konrad Fiedler

Sailors and Marines stand watch as the U.S.S. Kearsarge crosses under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge today.

The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are kicking off their annual Fleet Week today, bringing Naval and Coast Guard vessels into New York City's waters through May 28th. The New York Sun's photographer Konrad Fiedler caught up with the ships today aboard the U.S.S. Kearsage, an amphibious assault ship. To get a glimpse of some of the marine marvels now on their way into the city, please click on the slide show below.


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