NOLA Navy Week kicks off

NEW ORLEANS - The "Big Easy" will host ships from three navies including the flagship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) during the week-long New Orleans Navy Week from April 19-25. The event will feature the Norfolk, Va.-based amphibious assault ship Kearsarge; HMCS Charlottetown (FF339) from Halifax, Nova Scotia; French ship La Resolue from Degrad Des-Cannes, French Guiana; and two U.S. Coast Guard ships, USCGC Cypress (WLB 10) from Pensacola, Fla., and USCG Benjamin Dailey (WPC 1123) from Pascagoula, Miss. (Source: Navy Region Southeast 04/18/18)