U.S. Navy Kicks Off Fleet Week

Hundreds of sailors on nine vessels are sailing up the Hudson River today to begin the U.S. Navy's 24th annual "Fleet Week," New York City's week long tribute to honor America's Navy and Marine Corps.

The hightlight of this year's event will be a visit by the USS New York, an amphibious transport ship that was constructed using 7 1/2 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center destroyed on September 11, 2001.

Fleet Week will end on Memorial Day with a military flyover honoring American service members who lost their lives in service to the country.