PREVIEW: Seafair ‘Parade of Ships’ to pass West Seattle shores on Tuesday

(2025 Parade of Ships, photo by Gary Jones)

U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships will pass West Seattle shores around noon tomorrow (Tuesday, July 21) on their way to the Seafair Parade of Ships along the downtown waterfront. It marks the start to Seafair Fleet Week, which as usual will include ship tours. We’re still awaiting word on which ships will participate; in recent years, it’s shrunk from what previously was a contingent of at least three U.S. Navy ships as well as U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels; Canada didn’t participate last year and isn’t mentioned in this year’s advance info either. When we get word of the participants, we’ll add it here; you can find basic tour info here for 10 am-7 pm Wednesday and Thursday at Pier 66 downtown.

3 Replies to "PREVIEW: Seafair 'Parade of Ships' to pass West Seattle shores on Tuesday"

  • Coastie Adjacent July 20, 2026 (8:45 pm)

    According to the USCG NW Facebook account, Coast Guard Cutter Stratton will attend fleet week (and offer free tours!). I assume they’ll be in the parade? 

    • WSB July 20, 2026 (10:29 pm)

      Thanks, I’ve been checking about half a dozen places since the official PIOs would not provide that info.

  • WestSeattleVoter July 21, 2026 (5:32 am)

    I’ll miss the Canadian ships, but if I were constantly harassed by my neighbor, I wouldn’t show up to his party either.

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