The details for Navy Days LA 2012 are now available online here as a PDF flyer, and free tickets are available here. Last but not least, here are the full details on the Port of Los Angeles site for Navy Days LA 2012.

2011 Navy Week was a smashing success!

The highlight of this year’s event was the rare opportunity for the public to tour the USS Abraham Lincoln, the first aircraft carrier to dock at the Port of Los Angeles in over 20 years.

Here are some links to selected press coverage:

• Adm. Greenert Talks Navy Week Los Angeles 2011
• Navy Week Attracting Crowds, Hit with Businesses
• Free Tours of USS Abraham Lincoln to Resume Saturday
• Overflow Crowds Cause Early Closure of Navy Week Carrier Tours
• USS Abraham Lincoln Helps Los Angeles Community
• America Needs a Strong Navy, Now More Than Ever
• Rear Adm. Shoemaker Gives Media Interviews on Flight Deck of USS Abraham Lincoln
• NRD Los Angeles Helps Kids with Science and Math
• USS Abraham Lincoln Arrives in Los Angeles for Navy Week; First Look Photos of Ship

For complete information, see the official page on navyweek.org.

REFURBISH, RESTORE AND BUILD THE FINAL HOME PORT PROJECT

This 38’ 1:15 scale model of USS Nevada (BB 36) was created by a team of Universal Studios model builders and used in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! in 1970. When 2o^th Century Fox auctioned off the model, US Navy Commander and Pearl Harbor survivor Walt Riter purchased it, placed it on a trailer, and displayed it in local parades to retell the story about the USS Nevada’s history and to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7^th, 1941.

When Commander Riter passed away, the Nevada model sat outside exposed to the elements at the Seal Beach Navy Weapons Station until The Quarterdeck Society was given the model to restore it. Weather-beaten, termite-infested, and with parts missing, stolen, or broken, The Quarterdeck Society began raising money for the model’s restoration. The Quarterdeck Society can only raise funds locally, so Navy Days – LA is partnering with this 501(c)(3) to raise the funds necessary to restore the model and build a permanent home port/museum near the LA Maritime museum and the USS Iowa museum ship in Los Angeles Harbor.

More funds are needed to complete the restoration project as it progresses.
  

FINAL MOVIE SET AND HOME PORT FOR NEVADA, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 24/7

USS Nevada Memorial at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor with no public access.

Navy Days – LA will put up another memorial to the 50 Sailors who lost their lives on Dec 7^th, 1941, next to the model Nevada’s final home port in Los Angeles.

MAIL DONATION TO:

NAVY DAYS – LA
2210 3RD STREET, SUITE 119
SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
MEMO: USS NEVADA PROJECT

Thanking you in advance for your contribution!

Navy Days – LA is part of the Navy League of the United States and is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization promoting the public’s education of our Sea Services.  Navy Days – LA IRS  EIN number is:  55-0882597 and the State of California Franchise Organization number is 9593343.

Donations are needed to weld the Sail of the 688 boat back together and to prepare the ground to present the Sail as a memorial to all who served in the US Navy’s  submarine service.  The location TBD will be near the LA Maritime Museum, the USS Iowa and hopefully the bow of the USS Los Angeles (CA 135).

USS LOS ANGELES (SSN 688) – arriving Port of Los Angeles DEC 7, 2007.

This was the submarine’s first port visit to her name sake city, Los Angeles.

This picture of the 688’s Sail was taken on her 2nd port visit to Los Angeles during the actual Decommissioning Ceremony January 23, 2010

The Sail of the 688 Boat has returned to Los Angeles in 2012 but it is in (3) three pieces and needs funding to put it back together again.

Here are the 43,000 LBS of fair water planes from the 688 Boat.

USS LAPON (SSN 661) SAIL – LOCATION:  SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

For donations over $100.00 Memorial/Donor named Bricks encircle the Sail.

SEND A CHECK TODAY:

NAVY DAYS – LA

2210 3RD STREET,  STE 119

SANTA MONICA, CA 90405

MEMO:  FOR 688 BOAT’S SAIL.

Thanking you in advance for your contribution!

Navy Days – LA is part of the Navy League of the United States and is a 501 (C) 3 tax exempt organization promoting the public’s education of our Sea Services.  Navy Days – LA IRS EIN number is:  55-0882597 and the State of California Franchise Organization no. is: 9593343.