SCOPE AND SCALE

• 12 Day Calendar of Commonwealth Events June 1- 12 • 3.5 of connected Norfolk waterfront • 20 participating Commonwealth Cities/Counties confirmed to date • 78 Different Events and Activities over the 12 days June 1-12 • 15 nations confirmed with visiting ; 20 + diplomatic delegations from DC • 4,000 visiting international naval cadets, officers and crew members • 65 confirmed tour groups from 11 states • 12 international film/travel writer crews confirmed for visit to Virginia for OpSail • Travel to Norfolk ads running in 22 countries via Travel Channel

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

COOK ISLANDS

UNITED KINGDOM

CANADA OF

AMERICA

GERMANY PERU

USCG EAGLE Country: United States of N America Type: Tall – O R C Length Overall: 295’ F : 17’ O

Built for the Navy in 1936 as the HORST WESSEL, L O EAGLE was part of the war reparations paid to the United States following World War II. Her homeport is K New London, CT, where she as the US Coast Guard Academy’s training vessel. N GODSPEED Country: United States of America Y N F Type: Tall Ship – Barque O O Length R R Overall: 88’ I Draft: 7’ K F T O A replica of one of the three ships that brought colonists to Virginia in 1607, GODSPEED was built in Rockport, ME in O L R 2005. Jamestown, VA was the first permanent English settlement in America. W K M N N E Country: Brazil Type: Tall Ship – O Full Rigged Ship R D Length F Overall: 254’ O Draft: 15’9” L CISNE BRANCO, meaning “White Swan”, is the training vessel for officers and cadets from the Brazilian Navy and K Merchant Marine Academy. She was commissioned on March 9, 2000 and represents Brazil in maritime events around the world. CUAUHTEMOC N Country: Mexico O Type: Tall Ship – Barque R Length F Overall: 270’ Draft: 17’1’” O C L CUAUHTEMOC serves Mexico as the training vessel for the Mexican Navy, a role she has fulfilled for more than twenty years. She K participates in worldwide tall ship events while teaching the O essential elements of seamanship and navigation, taking more than one hundred cadets to sea for each of its cruises.

N DEWARUCI N Country: Indonesia O F Type: Tall Ship – R Length F Overall: 191’ I Draft: 13’ O L Construction on DEWARUCI began in Germany prior to World War II, but was not completed until 1952. She sails for K R the Indonesian Navy as a training vessel and is named after the Indonesian mythological god of courage and sincerity. M GLORIA N Country: Colombia Type: Tall Ship – O E Barque R Length Overall: 249’ F D Draft: 16’4” O

GLORIA was built in Bilbao, Spain in 1966 and sails for L the Columbian Navy. She sails with 150 cadets, officers and crew as an ambassador and sail K training vessel. GUAYAS N Country: Ecuador O Type: Tall Ship – C Barque R Length F Overall: 257’ O O Draft: 15’4” L K GUAYAS was built in Bilbao, Spain in 1976. She sails for N the Ecuadorian Naval Academy, teaching practical seamanship and navigation skills to naval cadets. F JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO Country: Spain N Type: Tall Ship – O I R Length F Overall: 370’ O R Draft: 23’7” L Named after one of Ferdinand Magellan’s captains, JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO sails as the for the K M Spanish Navy. She was built in 1927 and has sailed around the world six times during her career. E D C A.J. MEERWALD T H Country: United States A E Type: Tall Ship – N S C Schooner G A Length Overall: 85’ I P O Draft: 6’ E E The schooner A.J. MEERWALD is the official tall ship of New Jersey. R A She was originally built in 1928 as a Delaware Bay oyster K N schooner and her educational programs for students focus on the science, history and maritime culture of the Delaware Bay. E ALLIANCE F Y Country: United States Type: Tall Ship – O I Schooner R Length K Overall: 105’ T R Draft: 8’ O The schooner ALLIANCE, formerly KATHERINE B, sailed in the Maine fleet for many years before shifting her home to W Yorktown, Virginia. She sails with adults and youth throughout N M the Commonwealth of Virginia. AMERICAN ROVER E Country: United States Type: Tall Ship – N Schooner O D Length R Overall: 135’ F Draft: 9’ O AMERICAN ROVER is a local to Norfolk. Since 1986, she has operated for Rover Cruises, conducting day sails along the Elizabeth L River. Tens of thousands of students from across Virginia and K guests from out town have enjoyed our local waterways from her . APPLEDORE V C A Country: United States P Type: Tall Ship – E Schooner Length C Overall: 65’ H C Draft: 7’6” A R APPLEDORE V spends her summers in the conducting L O youth programs and her winters in Key West. E S N BOUNTY Country: United States P Type: Tall Ship – O Full Rigged Ship F R Length Overall: 180’ T Draft: 13’ S I The BOUNTY was built for the Marlon Brando movie “Mutiny on M the Bounty”, retelling the story of the 1789 mutiny in which William Bligh was set adrift in the Pacific O R Ocean. The replica sails around the world participating in U tall ship events. T M GAZELA H Country: United States P Type: Tall Ship – O E Barquentine R Length T Overall: 177’ S D Draft: 17’ M The GAZELA was originally built in Cacihas, in 1883. She sailed until 1961 with the Grand Banks fishing fleet. She O now operates out of Philadelphia, PA as a sail training U vessel with a large volunteer crew. T H KALMAR NYCKEL P O Country: United States R Type: Tall Ship – Full Rigged Ship T Length S Overall: 141’ M Draft: 12’ 5” O The KALMAR NYCKEL is a replica of a ship that brought the first U Swedish colonists to in 1638. The replica is the official tall ship of Delaware and sails with a mostly T volunteer crew conducting sail training programs. H C A LYNX Y P Country: United States E Type: Tall Ship – O R Square Topsail Schooner C K Length H Overall: 122’ T A Draft: 9’ O R The LYNX is a replica of a era American . W She was built in Rockport, ME and sails as a sail training L N and educational vessel. E PICTON CASTLE S

Country: Cook Islands Type: Tall Ship – N Barque Length O Overall: 179’ R Draft: 14’6”’ F The PICTON CASTLE sails out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, . O She has sailed around the world numerous times and operates as one of the most traditional sail training vessels L afloat today. K

PRIDE OF II H N Country: United States A O Type: Tall Ship – M R Square Topsail Schooner P F Length C T O Overall: 157’ Draft: 12’6” O L The II is a replica of the War of 1812 era N K O American privateer . She is the official tall ship of and sails the world as an ambassador and educational vessel. N Y SERENITY O Country: United States R F Type: Tall Ship – K Schooner T Length O I Overall: 65’ Draft: 6‘ W The SERENITY sails out of Yorktown, Virginia with educational and N R sight seeing trips for students and adults. M Country: Bermuda Type: Tall Ship – Y N E Bermuda Schooner O O Length R R Overall: 112’ D K F Draft: 9’6” T SPIRIT OF BERMUDA was built in Rockport, ME in 2006. She is O the official tall ship of Bermuda and sails with youth from O L Bermuda on sail training adventures across the Atlantic W K Ocean basin. N SULTANA C O Country: United States A Type: Tall Ship – N P Square Tops’l Schooner A E Length N C Overall: 97’ C C Draft: 8’6” O H SULTANA is a replica of a British revenue from 1767. The A O original ship was used to collect the British taxes that led C to the American Revolutionary War. The replica was built K R in Chestertown, MD and sails with educational programs L N throughout the . E F S I R M E D USS WASP LHD - 1 – Flagship in for 8 June Tall Ship Only Country: United States N Type: Naval Vessel – Amphibious Assault Ship A C Length V. Overall: 847’ Draft: 26’7” S O The USS WASP is designed to provide close support to a U.S. T Marine Landing Force. It is the lead ship in its class and designed to accommodate Landing Craft Air- A Cushion (hover craft) vessels and helicopters for beach T N assaults. The USS WASP was built by Ingalls in Pascagoula, MS and commissioned in I 1989. O F USS FORT McHENRY LSD - 43 N Country: United States Type: Naval Vessel – N I Dock Landing Ship O Length R R Overall: 609’ 6” F Draft: 20’6” O The USS FORT McHENRY is the third WHIDBEY ISLAND Class Dock Landing Ship built for the U.S. Navy. She was L M built in Seattle Washington by the Lockheed K Shipbuilding Company and commissioned in 1987. E USS HURRICANE PC-3 N Country: United States Type: Naval Vessel – O D Patrol Coastal Ship R Length F Overall: 170’ 4” O Draft: 7’11” L The HURRICANE is a CYCLONE class Coastal Patrol Ship. She was built in Lockport, LA and commissioned in 1993. K N USS MONSOON PC-4 O

Country: United States R Type: Naval Vessel – F C Patrol Coastal Ship O Length L Overall: 170’ 4” K O Draft: 7’11” The USS MONSOON is a CYCLONE class Coastal Patrol Ship. She was built in Lockport, LA and commissioned in C N 1994. Between 2001 and 2008 she sailed for the USCG A as the USCGC MONSOON (WPC-4). P USS SHAMAL PC-13 E F Country: United States C Type: Naval Vessel – I Patrol Coastal Ship H Length A Overall: 170’ 4” R R Draft: 7’11” L The USS SHAMAL is a CYCLONE class Coastal Patrol Ship. She E was built in Lockport, LA and commissioned in 1996. S Between 2001 and 2011 she sailed for the USCG as M the USCGC SHAMAL (WPC-13). C USS ZEPHYR PC-8 A E P Country: United States E Type: Naval Vessel – D Patrol Coastal Ship C Length H Overall: 170’ 4” A Draft: 7’11” R The USS ZEPHYR is a CYCLONE class Coastal Patrol Ship. She L was built in Lockport, LA and commissioned in 1996. E Between 2001 and 2011 she sailed for the USCG as S the USCGC ZEPHYR (WPC-8). YP – Type 676

Country: United States N Type: Naval Vessel – O Patrol Vessel Type 676 R C Length F Overall: 108’ Draft: 10’ O O L The U.S. Navy Yard Patrol vessels are home-ported at K the U.S. Naval Academy, where they are used to N teach midshipmen ship handling and seamanship skills. YP – Type 676 F N Country: United States Type: Naval Vessel – O I Yard Patrol Vessel Type 676 R Length F Overall: 108’ O R Draft: 10’ L

The U.S. Navy Yard Patrol vessels are home-ported at K the U.S. Naval Academy, where they are used to M teach midshipmen ship handling and seamanship skills. E YP – Type 676 Country: United States Type: Naval Vessel – N Yard Patrol Vessel Type 676 O D Length R Overall: 108’ F Draft: 10’ O

The U.S. Navy Yard Patrol vessels are home-ported at L the U.S. Naval Academy, where they are used to K teach midshipmen ship handling and seamanship skills. YP – Type 703 Country: United States N Type: Naval Vessel – Yard Patrol Vessel Type 676 O Length R C Overall: 119’ F Draft: 12’ O L O The U.S. Navy Yard Patrol vessels are home-ported at the U.S. Naval Academy, where they are used to K teach midshipmen ship handling and seamanship N skills. HDMS ABSALON L-16 Country: Denmark N F Type: Naval Vessel - O Length R Overall: 451’ 5” F I Draft: 20’ 8” O HDMS ABSALON is designed with flexibility in mind. The L ship can be configured to support command and R control, anti-air or , amphibious, medical, K disaster aid, or sealift missions. She was commissioned in 2005 and has served NATO in its efforts to reduce piracy threats along the Horn of M Africa. RFA ARGUS A-135 E Country: N Type: Naval Vessel - O Aviation Training & R D Primary Casualty Receiving Ship Length F Overall: 574’6” O Draft: 27” RFA ARGUS was built as a roll-on, roll-off container ship and L converted for use in the Navy in 1984. 12 Harrier K jump jets can operate off of her deck. She served in the Falklands War and as a Primary Casualty Recovery Ship during the First Persian Gulf War. HMCS GOOSE BAY M 707 Country: Canada N Type: Naval Vessel – O Coastal Defense Vessel R Length F Overall: 181’ 5” O C Draft: 11’2” L HMCS GOOSE BAY is a KINGSTON class Coastal Defense Vessel, commissioned in 1998 and home-ported with Canada’s Atlantic K O fleet in Halifax, Nova Scotia. N BNS INDEPENDENCIA Country: Brazil Type: Naval Vessel - Frigate N F Length O Overall: 424’ R Draft: 18’ 2” F I O INDEPENDENCIA was built in the Arsenal de Marinha shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was commissioned in 1979 and based on L R a design. A modernization program completed in K 2004 updated , and weapons systems. M FGS HESSEN F 221 Country: Germany Type: Naval Vessel - N E Frigate O Length Overall: 469’2” R D Draft: 22’8” F O FGS HESSEN is Germany’s newest Sachsen class air defense frigate, L commissioned on December 15, 2005. She carries the latest in radar and missile defense and has two NH90 helicopters that K can operate from her small . HMCS MONCTON M 708 Country: Canada N Type: Naval Vessel – O Coastal Defense Vessel Length R Overall: 181’ 5” F Draft: 11’2” O L HMCS MONCTON is a KINGSTON class Coastal Defense Vessel, commissioned in 1998 and home-ported with Canada’s Atlantic K fleet in Halifax, Nova Scotia. HNoMS THOR HEYERDAHL F 314

Country: Norway Type: Naval Vessel - N Frigate O Length R Overall: 437’ F Draft: 16’1” O Like all ships of her class, the HNoMS THOR HEYERDAHL is named after a famous Norwegian explorer. This class of frigate forms the L backbone of the Norwegian Navy and is extensively equipped for K anti-submarine and air defense duties. BAP VILLAVISENCIO FM 52 N Country: Peru Type: Naval Vessel - O Frigate R Length F Overall: 371’ O Draft: 12’ L

VILLAVISENCIO was built in , and commissioned in 1979. The K ship is named after the Peruvian naval officer VADM Manuel Villavisencio (1840-1925).

USACE ADAMS II

Country: United States N Type: Hydrographic Survey Vessel O Length R Overall: 65’ F Draft: 9’6” O ADAMS II is a hydrographic survey vessel operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District. The ADAMS II performs L important surveys of the navigational channels of the Hampton K Roads area, the Chesapeake Bay and along the . R/V BAY EAGLE Country: United States Type: Research Vessel N Length Overall: 65’ O Draft: 5’ R The R/V BAY EAGLE is operated by the Virginia Institute of Marine F Science in Gloucester, VA. She outfitted with a wet lab O containing a flow-through seawater system, and a dry lab housing the electronics. It has two and L redundant hydraulic systems to accommodate a variety of K scientific needs and data collections. The R/V Bay Eagle also utilizes interchangeable stern decks which increases its versatility when changing from trawling, to dredging, long lining or other applications. ERP Learning Barge N Country: United States Type: Educational Vessel O Length R Overall: 120’ F Draft: 2’ O The Elizabeth River Project’s LEARNING BARGE is the world’s first L floating wetlands classroom. It’s mission is to enhance awareness of the environmental issues affecting the Elizabeth K River and to help train the next generation of stewards to protect the region’s natural resources. The barge is a self contained unit, with composting toilets, solar panels and wind turbines. R/V FAY SLOVER Country: United States Type: Research Vessel N Length O Overall: 55’ R Draft: 5’ F R/V FAY SLOVER is Old Dominion University’s research vessel, which O operates along the estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. She collects water and air quality samples, weather information, L and is a platform for numerous student projects in physics, K geology, biology and chemistry. NOAA FERDINAND HASSLER

Country: United States N Type: Hydrographic Survey Vessel O Length R Overall: 124’ F Draft: 13’ O The FERDINAND HASSLER is the newest vessel built for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The ship is named after L Ferdinand Hassler, a Swiss born immigrant and the first Superintendant of the Coast Survey, the precursor to today’s NOAA. K Sent to to procure instruments for the Coast Survey, Hassler was detained in England throughout the War of 1812. NOAA’s ship FERDINAND HASSLER will be commissioned during the OpSail 2012 Virginia events and NOAA’s Atlantic Operations Center off Brambleton P Ave. will be the center of environmental programs throughout the weekend of June 8-11, 2012. O R USCGC KENNEBEC T Country: United States S Type: Inland Construction Tender M Length Overall: 160’ O Draft: 5’ U USCGC KENNEBEC is the third in a class of four inland construction T tenders. Her mission is to build or repair the aids to navigation H used along the navigable channels of the Chesapeake Bay. The cutter was built in Baltimore, MD and commissioned in 1976. She is named after a river in Maine. MURIEL EILEEN Country: United States Type: Buy Boat Length Overall: 65’ Draft: 6’ MURIEL EILEEN is an original Chesapeake Bay Buy boat, built in Bena, VA in 1926. Buy boats were motorized vessels that traveled throughout the Bay to purchase oysters from the dredgers, which in late nineteenth and early twentieth century were traditional sailing craft like skipjacks and bugeyes. Buy boats would then take the oysters in to the market, allowing the sailing craft to continue working the oyster beds. NORFOLK REBEL

Country: United States N Type: Tugantine O Length R Overall: 51’6”’ F Draft: 5’6” O NORFOLK REBEL has been a mainstay at almost every maritime event in Norfolk since her christening in 1980. She is the world’s only L sail assisted tug boat, and an early harbinger to today’s “green” K movement. Her builder, Lane Briggs was instrumental in creating the first Norfolk Harborfest® events and the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. R/V OCEAN EXPLORER Country: United States N Type: Research Vessel O Length Overall: 45’ R Draft: 4’ F OCEAN EXPLORER is a research vessel operated jointly by the Virginia O Beach Aquarium and Virginia Wesleyan College. OCEAN L EXPLORER is used by the Aquarium in its collection of specimens and its mammal and sea turtle research projects. K Virginia Wesleyan uses the boat to support its growing marine biology and ornithology programs. USCGC SHEARWATER Country: United States N Type: U.S. Coast Guard Coastal O Length Overall: 87’ R Draft: 5’7” F USCGC SHEARWATER is a one of the USCG’s Marine Protector class O coastal patrol vessels and is based in Portsmouth, VA. This L class of vessels is designed with a stern launching ramp for an . SHEARWATER and her sister ships are used for K migration and smuggling interdiction, search and rescue missions, and fisheries enforcement. USCGC WILLIAM TATE P Country: United States O Type: U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tender R Length T Overall: 175’ S Draft: 7’11” M USCGC WILLIAM TATE is a KEEPER class buoy tender named after a North Carolina light house keeper that assisted the Wright O Brothers in their early flights. Z-drive propulsion, a U thruster, and modern navigation equipment allows the USCGC WILLIAM TATE and her sister ships to maintain a static position T in various sea states while working on navigational aids. H SEA AND AIR PARADE JUNE 6, 2012

•PARTICIPANTS: Official Invited U.S. and Foreign Navy Ships •Navy •USCG •Sea Services •Merchant Marine •Maritime Community •Port Industries

•30 Sea & Air (Cape Henry to downtown Norfolk) •U.S. Navy fly-overs •Viewing Locations at Cape Henry, Ocean View, Ft. Monroe, Naval Station, downtown Norfolk & Portsmouth waterfronts •International fleet of naval ships dock in Norfolk following Sea & Air Parade

Parade Up the Chesapeake Bay –Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Norfolk – Baltimore 173 nautical miles

Naval Vessels begin departing at 6AM. The tall ships depart Norfolk at 8AM and begin passing Smith Point Light at the mouth of the Potomac River at 9PM - 6 knots speed over ground.

Viewing Locations: •Norfolk Waterfront •Portsmouth Waterfront •Hampton Waterfront •Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel •Eastern Shore •Middle Peninsula •Northern Neck

Sail in Company: •Youth Groups • Clubs •Sailing Clubs •Individuals

Docking Locations in Virginia June 1-3, 2012 June 8-11, 2012 Hampton, VA Onancock, VA Norfolk, VA Chesapeake, VA Tangier Island, VA Yorktown, VA Portsmouth, VA Cape Charles, VA Volunteer Opportunities Public Information Assistance/Welcome Center: Position involves the on-site distributing of maps and programs as well as answering questions from the public, assisting visiting crew, and directing general public. (JUNE 6-JUNE 11)

Translators: Seeking volunteer translators native or fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Danish, Norwegian, and Indonesian. Volunteer translator will assist ship liaisons and provide crew support. (JUNE 6-JUNE 11)

For more information and to submit an Interest Form, visit www.opsail2012virginia.com/volunteer or call Joella Adams, Manager of Programs at (757)441-2345.