Coast Guard participates in Seattle's 69th annual Seafair Parade of Ships

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, Warrenton, Ore., flies past the Seattle Space Needle as part of a search and rescue demonstration during the annual Parade of Ships in Seattle, July 31, 2018.

The Parade of Ships is part of the annual Seattle Seafair air and sea events held each summer in the Seattle area.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

Crowds watch as an Air Station Sacramento aircrew aboard a C-27 Spartan aircraft flies over Elliott Bay, Wash., July 31, 2018. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter’s Mellon and Terrapin enter Elliot Bay off of Seattle during the annual Parade of Ships in Seattle, July 31, 2018.

The Parade of Ships is part of the annual Seattle Seafair air and sea events held each summer in the Seattle area.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.

A Coast Guard Sector Columbia River MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew performs a search-and-rescue demonstration alongside a Coast Guard Station Seattle boat crew aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in Elliott Bay, Wash., July 31, 2018. The demonstration was performed during Seattle's annual Seafair Parade of Ships. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali 
Flockerzi.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Terrapin, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Port Angeles, stand by to enforce a security zone during the 69th Annual Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliot Bay, Wash., July 31, 2018.

The view of the cutter was captured from inside a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Seattle, whose crew also conducted security zone enforcement.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

The crew of the HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706), a Royal Canadian Navy coastal defense vessel, brings up the rear of the 69th annual Seafair Parade of Ships in Elliot Bay, Wash., July 31, 2018.

The parade also included crews aboard the USS Momsen (DDG 92) and USS Somerset (LPD 25), USCGC Mellon (WHEC 717) and HMCS Whitehorse. 

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.