Naval Review

A Naval Review is an event where the whole (or a very large part) of the United States Navy is paraded to be reviewed by the President of the United States or the Secretary of the Navy. It often includes warships and 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.

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

Following is a list of 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 USS Dolphin, 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 September–4 September 1906, Oyster Bay, New York – U.S. naval vessels included:
16 December 1907, Hampton Roads – Send-off for the Great White Fleet, which included USS Georgia, 15 other battleships, a torpedo boat squadron and transports, USS Truxtun
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"
6 May–8 May 1908, San Francisco Bay, reviewed by Secretary of the Navy, which included the following units of the Pacific Fleet:
- USS California
- USS Georgia
- USS Washington
- USS Wisconsin
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 South Carolina
- USS Washington
1 April 1912, off Yonkers, New York, which included USS Wisconsin
14 October 1912, North River – USS Delaware and USS E-1 passed before the President and the Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer
10 October–15 October 1912, Philadelphia – USS Iowa (BB-4)

1914–1919: Woodrow Wilson

USS Arizona at the New York City review, 26 December 1918. She was the first of ten dreadnoughts to parade past Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels.

May 1915, New York Harbor – inc. USS G-4
26 December 1918 – New York – reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels from the deck of the yacht USS Mayflower and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt from USS Aztec, which also included USS Wisconsin
September 1919, San Francisco, including USS Crane (during which she was visited by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 4 September) and USS Dent
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 USS Florida

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
- USS Dickerson
April 1921, Norfolk, Virginia, which included the following U.S. naval vessels:
- USS Graham
- USS Dahlgren
1923, Seattle, Washington, which included USS Arizona[2] and USS Chase

Calvin Coolidge

USS Maryland during the June 1927 review

June 1927, Hampton Roads – Naval vessels included:
- USS Seattle
- USS Concord
- USS La Vallette
- USS Somers
- USS Camden
- USS Coghlan

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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 Philip
- USS Crowninshield
- USS Concord
12 July–14 July 1938, San Francisco, California – USS Houston carried President Roosevelt and also included USS Concord.

1940 to 1945

USS Texas, 1940 review
USS Missouri in the Panama Canal en route to the 1945 review
Truman, 1945 review
USS New York at the 1945 review

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

International Naval Review – 1957

11 June–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 De Grasse and the following U.S. naval vessels:[3]
- USS Saratoga
- USS Iowa (BB-61)
- USS Canberra – Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson embarked
- USS Macon
- USS Albany
- USS Northampton
- USS Norfolk – Flagship for Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
- USS Forrest Royal
- USS Charles H. Roan
- USS Hyman
- USS Hunt
- USS Donner
- USS Ray
- USS Cavalla

USS Saratoga
USS Randolph
USS Iowa
USS Canberra

26 June 1959, USS Lake St. Louis reviewed by the President and by Queen Elizabeth II, which included USS Forrest Royal and USS Forrest Sherman

Gerald Ford

1976, New York Harbor – International Naval Review for United States Bicentennial, which included USS Forrestal 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, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the Soviet Union, Israel, Egypt, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, South Africa, The Netherlands, & Romania. The vessels included[4]

Ronald Reagan

1986, International Naval Review for the re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty which included USS John F. Kennedy as the flagship of the review fleet.

Bill Clinton

3 July–9 July 2000, New York City – Sixth International Naval Review, which included the following U.S naval vessels:
- USS John F. Kennedy
- USS John Hancock
- USS Nassau
- USS Hue City

References

"Bennington I". DANFS.
Paul Stillwell, Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991), 303. ISBN 0-87021-023-8. OCLC 23654474.
USS Albany Web Site
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/04/archives/warships-in-naval-review-form-a-fearsome-armada.html

External links

The short film GATHERING OF MEN AND SHIPS, THE (1977) is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "Bennington I". DANFS.

[2] Paul Stillwell, Battleship Arizona: An Illustrated History (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991), 303. ISBN 0-87021-023-8. OCLC 23654474.

[3] USS Albany Web Site

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/04/archives/warships-in-naval-review-form-a-fearsome-armada.html