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2008 Rose Festival
On June 10, 2007, the day after my
visit to see the Wings of Freedom bombers, I went into Portland, and
took some time to walk along the waterfront and see the ships of the
Rose
Festival Fleet. As it was Sunday afternoon and the ships would be
leaving the next day, they were no longer open for tours, but I was able
to get plenty of other pictures.
OSV Bold
The
Environmental Protection Agency's Ocean Survey Vessel Bold was in
Portland from May 26-31, 2008.
   The
OSV Bold was built by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company as the
USNS Vigorous, a Stalwart-class Tactical Auxiliary General
Ocean Surveillance Ship (T-AGOS). It was launched and placed in service
in 1989, and was later renamed the USNS Bold. The Stalwart-class
ships were
   used
to tow the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), a towed
array passive SONAR system used for long-range detection and monitoring
of enemy submarines. Though owned by the U.S. Navy, the Stalwart-class
ships were not commissioned ships and were crewed by civilians.
  The
Bold was struck from the Naval register on March 3, 2004, and was
transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency at the end of the
month. The EPA converted the Bold into an Ocean Survey Vessel and
placed it in service on August 8, 2005. The OSV Bold is 224 feet
long and 43 feet wide, with a displacement
  of
2300 tons. It can reach a top speed of 11 knots and has an operating
crew of 19 plus a scientific crew of 20. The captain of the Bold under
the EPA also served as captain when the ship served the U.S. Navy.
The Bold's
2008 trip to the Pacific Northwest is its first trip to the west coast
as an EPA ocean survey vessel. In the month of June, the Bold
will be conducting a survey of disposal sites along the Oregon Coast for
dredged materials from the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. In July, it
will be traveling to Skagway, Alaska to study the impacts of treated
wastewater discharges from cruise ships. In August, the Bold will
study Puget Sound to determine levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) and Dioxin in the sediment and dissolved oxygen and nitrogenous
nutrient concentrations in the water. After working on the California
coast in September, the Bold will return to the east coast.
 On
the fantail, a crewmember shows some of the equipment the scientists
aboard the OSV Bold use, including sampling equipment, SONAR
towfish and remote operated vehicles, or ROVs.
 These
two devices are used to collect sediment samples from the ocean floor.
 This
is a Klein System 3000 side-scan SONAR tow-fish. It is towed in the
water behind the ship a certain distance above the bottom and creates a
topographic map of the riverbottom or ocean floor. Lower altitudes give
greater detail, but a shorter scanning distance. The tow-fish only scans
to the side, so it doesn't show what is directly below it. This is
somewhat similar to the equipment the Bold used to detect
submarines when it worked for the Navy.
 The
Deep Ocean Engineering Phantom HD is an older-style of camera-equipped
Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). Though still used, it has been largely
replaced by newer, smaller ROV's.
    Another
crewmember is showing off a newer
Video-Ray ROV with its control unit.
This is the type of small ROV that has largely replaced larger ones like
the Phantom.
 This
device is called a CTD, which stands for Conductivity, Temperature,
Depth, which it measures through a series of sensors at the bottom. The
vertical tanks are used to collect water samples at various depths to
bring aboard the ship for further analysis.
 In
this photograph, a crew member is demonstrating some of the computers.
The screen on the left shows the results of a SONAR scan from a towfish
like the one on deck. The joystick is used to control large ROVs like
the Phantom.
  This
is the Bridge of the OSV Bold. The wheel in the middle of the
control panel is the helm. The Second Mate is shown talking about Bridge
Operations.
  These
pictures show the bow of the OSV Bold from the bridge.
 Here
is a closeup of the OSV Bold's communications & radar tower.
For information,
visit the official website of the
OSV Bold.
Niña
   Though
not officially part of the Rose Festival, the Niña
was docked at the Madison Street Dock on the East Esplanade, right
across the Willamette River from Waterfront Park, from May 23 to June 1.
There was an admission charge to board the Niña,
but no line!
   The
Niña is a replica of one of the three
ships used by Christopher Columbus on his first trip across the Atlantic
Ocean. The Niña was officially named
Santa Clara, after the patron saint of Moguer; "Niña"
was a nickname, after her owner
   Juan
Nino of Moguer. Of the three ships, Niña
was Columbus' favorite. Like the Pinta, the Niña
was a Caravel, a type of sailing ship often used by Spanish and
Portuguese explorers; the Santa Maria, on the other hand, was a
type of cargo vessel called a Nao.
This replica of the Niña was designed
by American engineer and maritime historian John Patrick Sarsfield.
Sarsfield discovered a group of shipbuilders in Valencia, Bahia, Brazil,
who still used construction techniques from the 15th Century. It was
here that Sarsfield began construction of his replica in 1988, using
only the adzes, axes, handsaws, chisels and naturally-shaped timbers
that would have been available to the builders of the original Niña
.
  Woods
used to built the Niña include Sucupira,
used for the keel, keelson, bilge clamp, shear clamp, stringers, sheer
plank and tiller, Jataí Peba, used for the sub
deck and hull planking, Pau Oleo, used for the masts, yards and spars,
Jaquera, used for the rudder, king post, king plank, framing, bulwarks
and cap rail, and
  Olanje,
used for the deck beams. The shear plank is 70 feet long and 4 inches
thick. The rest of the hull planking is 2 inches thick.
   On
July 11, 1990, John Sarsfield was killed in a traffic accident while on
his way to select a mast for the Niña.
His friend Ralph Eric Nicholson supervised the continuing construction,
and the Niña was launched on April 27,
1991. British
   maritime
historian Jonathan Morton Nance produced a historically accurate sail
plan for the ship and completed the construction and rigging. The Niña
was commissioned on December 10, 1991 in Valenca, Bahia, Brazil and is
dedicated to John Patrick Sarsfield.
   The
Niña is a relatively small ship, only
17.3 feet wide and 93.6 feet long overall, with a deck length of 66
feet. The Niña's displacement is 100
tons with a draft of 7 feet. The Niña's
sail area is 1,919 square feet.
  Aboard
the Niña, is the ship's boat, which
provided transportation to shore from the anchored mother ship. It can
be sailed or rowed. This historically correct vessel was built by a 14
year old apprentice whose family built the Niña.
  The
hold is where all food, extra gear, water and animals were kept. No
people were below. All crew lived, ate and slept on deck. The present
day crew enjoy luxuries that Columbus never had. Below deck are 8 bunks,
a wooden table, cookstove, and storage for ice.
 The
windlass provides the mechanical advantage needed to handle the heavy
anchors a caravel carries. It can also be used to kedge the ship out of
shallow water or up to a wharf. The wooden handles provide leverage and
are moved as the drum turns.
  These
views looking aft from the main deck show the aft cabin space and the
ladder to the poop deck above, where the aft sails are.
 Closeup
of the Niña's dedication plaque.
 Closeup
of the Niña's main compass in the aft
cabin space. I believe a candle can be placed in the enclosure on the
right to provide light to see the compass at night.
 The
captain's quarters are a small cabin with two bunks and a small
navigation desk. It was the only private space Columbus had. There is
only 4 feet of headroom and no ventilation except for this hatch opening
in the aft cabin area.
 This
model of the Niña's framing design was
mounted above the hatch to the captain's quarters.
   In
addition to the tiller, the aft cabin space included displays of
construction photos and a video about the ship, as well as a period
cannon and a display of the "treasures" that might have been carried
aboard.
For more information, visit the official website of
The Niña.
Hawaiian Chieftain
Lady Washington
At the end of the line were the
replica sailing ships Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington.
They were in Portland from May 29-June 5.
The Hawaiian Chieftain and the Lady
Washington are reproductions of late 18th-early 19th century
sailing ships, owned and operated by the
Gray's
Harbor Historical Seaport Authority.
   The Hawaiian Chieftain was built in 1988 by
the Lahaina Welding Company in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii and has a modern
steel hull designed to imitate an early 19th century 65-foot trading
vessel. Hawaiian Chieftain was based out of San Francisco Bay,
operating with the non-profit
Call of
   the Sea
for several years. In late 2004, it was sold to an owner in Cape
Cod, Massachusetts and was renamed Spirit of Larinda, but the
death of the new owner led to the
Gray's
Harbor Historical Seaport Authority purchasing the ship in October
2005 and restoring the original name of Hawaiian Chieftain.
The Lady Washington is a replica of a 90-ton
trading vessel built in Massachusetts around 1750. The original
Lady Washington was captained by Robert Gray and later by John
Kendrick, captain of the larger Columbia Rediviva, for which Gray
named the Columbia River, on which both vessels sailed. The two captains
switched vessels during the voyage around Cape Horn to reach the Pacific
Northwest. The Lady Washington was the first American vessel to
reach the West Coast of North America, and went on to become the first
American vessel to reach Honolulu, Hong Kong and Japan.
  The replica of the Lady Washington was built
in Aberdeen, Washington by the
Gray's
Harbor Historical Seaport Authority to commemorate the Washington
State centennial. The new Lady Washington was launched on March
7, 1989. Unlike the Hawaiian Chieftain, the Lady Washington's
hull is wood like the
  original. Based out of Grays Harbor in Washington,
the Lady Washington was traveled as far as Alaska and the
Caribbean, and has been featured in several motion pictures, including
Star Trek: Generations as the HMS Enterprise and
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as the HMS
Interceptor.
Portland Spirit
  The Portland Spirit is a modern
150' yacht that serves as a cruise ship on the Willamette and Columbia
Rivers. It was actually built at about the same time as the Hawaiian
Chieftain and Lady Washington. The Portland Spirit was
built by Chesapeake Shipbuilding and was launched in 1987. After
  operating in the Connecticut River for a year, the ship was sold and
operated out of Hawaii under the name Stardancer until March,
1994, when it was purchased by American Waterways, Inc. to be refit and
renamed as the Portland Spirit. The Portland Spirit
entered service in May, 1994, and has since been refit in 1998 and 2004.
For more information, visit the official website of
the
Portland Spirit.
The Nave ships were open for tours in Portland from
June 4-8, and left on the 9th.
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)
USS Kidd (DDG-100)
   The
Lake Champlain is a Ticonderoga-class
guided missile cruiser, built by Ingalls Shipbuilding
in Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was laid down on March 3, 1986, launched
on April 3, 1987 and commissioned on August 12,
1988. It is named after the Battle of Lake
   Champlain
from the War of 1812. The US Navy has a total of 27 Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The
Ticonderoga-class is 567 feet long, carries a crew complement of
about 360, has a top speed of over 32 knots with a range of 6,000 miles,
and carries various weapons including guided missiles, 5-inch
guns and torpedoes.
  The
Kidd is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class
destroyer that was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula,
Mississippi. It is named for Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was killed
aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, becoming the
first flag officer to die in World War II. One of the newest
  ships
in the U.S. Navy, it was laid down on April 29, 2004, launched on
January 22, 2005 and commissioned on June 9, 2007. It is 509 feet long, has
a crew complement of about 380, has a top speed of over 30 knots with a
range of about 4,400 nautical miles and carries various missiles, guns
and torpedoes.
For more information, visit the official websites of
the
USS Lake
Champlain & USS
Kidd.
USS Preble (DDG-88)
USS Gary (FFG-51)
 The
Preble is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class
destroyer that was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula,
Mississippi. It is named for Commodore Edward Preble, who commanded the
USS Constitution during the First Barbary War in the early 1800s. One of
the newest ships in the U.S. Navy, it was laid down on June 22, 2000, launched on
June 1, 2001 and commissioned on November 9,
 2002. It is 509 feet long, has
a crew complement of about 380, has a top speed of over 30 knots with a
range of about 4,400 nautical miles and carries various missiles, guns
and torpedoes. It also carries a SH-60 SeaHawk helicopter
For more information, visit the official website of
the
USS Preble.
 The USS
Gary is one of 50 Oliver Hazard
Perry-class frigates built for the US Navy. It is named after
Commander Donald A. Gary, who received the Medal of Honor during World
War II.
The Gary was built at
Todd Pacific
Shipyards in San Pedro, California. It was launched on November 19,
1983 and was commissioned on November 17, 1984. As a Flight III
"long-hull" Perry-class
 frigate, the
Gary is 453
feet long (8 feet longer than a Flight I, making it able to carry two
SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters instead of the smaller SH-2 Seasprites). The
Gary has a crew complement of about 226, has a top speed of
about 30 knots with a range of about 5,000 nautical miles and carries
various weapons including missiles, torpedoes and a 76mm gun.
For more information, visit the official website of
the
USS Gary.
HMCS Edmonton (MM 703)
HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)
   Canadian Kingston-class
coastal defense vessels Edmonton and Whitehorse, were
built at the Halifax Shipyards in Nova Scotia. They are manned by the
Canadian
Naval Reserve, and patrol the Canadian coast. They
have a top speed of over 15 knots with a range of 5,000 nautical
   miles
and a crew complement of about 31. They are armed with a single 40mm
cannon and two .50 caliber machine guns. They were designed as
minesweepers, and are powered by Z-drive azimuth thruster pods that give
them the ability to rotate 360 degrees within
their own length.
For more information, visit the official websites of
the
Edmonton &
Whitehorse.
USCGC Henry Blake (WLM-563)
USGCG Bluebell (WLI-313)
USGCG Blackfin (WPB-87317)
   The Henry Blake is the 13th of 14 Keeper-class
175-foot coastal buoy tenders. It was built by the
Marinette Marine Corporation of Marinette, Wisconsin and was
commissioned on October 27, 2000. It has a top speed of 12 knots, a crew
complement of 28 and is based out of Everett, Washington. The Henry
Blake is named after the first keeper of the
New
Dungeness Lighthouse, which was the first lighthouse in the Strait
of Juan de Fuca when first lit on December 14, 1857.
For more information, visit the official website of
the
Henry
Blake.
The Bluebell is one of two 100-foot inland
buoy tenders in service. It was built by the Birchfield Boiler Company
of Tacoma, Washington and was commissioned on April 4, 1945 The
Bluebell is based out of Portland, Oregon. With its crew of 20, it
is responsible for maintaining buoys and other navigational aids in the
Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers.
For more information, see the Bluebell's
factsheet.
The Blackfin is a Marine Protector-class
87-foot coastal patrol boat. It is
based out of Santa Barbara, California. The Blackfin has a top speed
of 25 knots with a maximum range of 560 nautical miles at 14 knots and
carries a crew of 10. The Blackfin is equipped with a
stern-launched 17-foot
Zodiac
Hurricane Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) with a Hamilton jet drive.
USCGC Active (WMEC-618)
 The
US Coast Guard Cutter Active is a Reliance-class 210-foot
Medium Endurance Cutter. It was built by the
Bay Shipbuilding Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and was
commissioned on September 1, 1966. It is based out of Port Angeles,
Washington. The Active has a crew complement of 75, is powered by
two 2,550 horsepower Alco diesel engines, has a top speed of 18 knots
with a maximum range of 6,100 nautical miles at 14 knots and is capable
of carrying an HH-65 Dolphin helicopter.
For more information, visit the official website of
the
Active.
The Active is a sister ship to the Alert,
which is based at the
Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon and can be toured
on weekends.
Sternwheeler Portland
  The Sternwheeler Portland is not really part
of the Rose Festival fleet, as it is a permanent fixture of the Portland
waterfront, housing the
Oregon
Maritime Center & Museum. The Portland is a steam-powered
sternwheeler tugboat designed by the
Port of
Portland and built by the Northwest Marine Iron Works in 1947.
  The
Portland was built to assist ocean going ships in and out of the
Portland harbor, a job she performed until her retirement in 1981. The
Portland's wood paddlewheel is 25 feet in diameter and 26 feet
wide. The Portland is still steam powered and is maintained in fully
operational condition, occasionally being steamed up.
PT-658
 PT-658
is a 78-foot Patrol Torpedo Boat, commonly called a PT-Boat. PT-boats
were used in World War II against larger ships. With the ability to fire
torpedoes, PT boats were capable of sinking the largest of the enemy's
ships. Their small size and high speed made them difficult for large
enemy ships to defend against; they often attacked at night, approaching
the enemy without
 being
detected, then quickly escaping after attacking. PT-boats were powered
by three 1500 horsepower Packard V12 engines. A PT-Boat's 3,000 gallon
fuel supply is enough to power the boat for 12 hours at a cruising speed
of 35 knots, for a range of about 520 miles, or for six hours at the
full speed of over 42 knots. (PT-658 is missing two of its tanks,
cutting its fuel capacity in half.) Their wooden hulls allowed them to
be built in large numbers without diverting
 steel
from other critical uses, though it gave them little resistance to enemy
fire. John F. Kennedy famously commanded PT-109 and later PT-59 during
the war. After the war, most PT-boats were beached, stripped of
equipment and burned, though some were sold as war surplus and found
other uses, including conversation to pleasure boats.
 PT-658
was built by Higgins Industries Boatworks of New Orleans, Louisiana. The keel was laid down on February
24, 1945, it was launched on April 11, 1945 and completed on July 30,
1945. As World War II was nearly over by that time, it was never put
into the service it was built for, and was used as a rescue boat and
later as a floating target until being sold as war surplus to a private
 owner on June 30, 1958.
Save the PT Boat, Inc.,
a non-profit organization formed by a group of former PT-boat crewmen, acquired it in 1993 and
has been restoring it since 1994. In the summer of 2004, PT-658 returned
to the open water under her own power. It is the only authentic
fully-restored US PT-boat in operational condition in the world.
 Mounted
on the bow of PT-658 is a 20mm machine gun.
    On
each side of PT-658 are twin .50 caliber Browning M2 machine guns.
 Another
20mm machine gun is mounted toward the rear of PT-658.
 This
Mark 13 torpedo is an example of the typical weapon PT-boats used
against enemy ships.
 Mounted
on the PT-658's stern is a 40mm
Bofors cannon.
 Here
is a rear view of PT-658. The rear of the wooden hull has recently been
repaired. A major drawback of boats with wooden hulls is that they need
a great deal of maintenance, and this was a major factor in the fact
that so few PT-boats survived after the end of the war; the Navy just
didn't think the high-maintenance boats were worth hanging on to in
peacetime.
PBR River Patrol Boat
 This
PBR Mark II River Patrol Boat was displayed by the
Gamewardens of
Vietnam, Inc. Northwest Chapter. It was built in June 1973 by United
Boat Builders, Inc. of Bellingham, Washington. PBRs like this one were
used in Vietnam through 1971. The PBR is 32 feet long had a crew of
four, and carried twin .50 caliber machine guns in front, a single M60
machine gun aft and a grenade launcher. (To compare, a Swift Boat is 50
feet long with a crew of six.)
Other Boats
 Vessel
Assist boat in the Willamette River
 Portland
Fire Bureau Boat in the Willamette River
 United
States Coast Guard Defender class boat #24169 on patrol
Grand Floral Parade Floats
Here are some pictures of the floats from the Grand Floral Parade that
were on display along Naito Parkway on Sunday, June 8. Floats are not
really my thing, but I was there and they are pretty impressive. My
favorites are "Year of the Dinosaur," "Let's Fly," and "More Precious
Than Gold."
 "Year
of the Dinosaur," sponsored by
KeyBank, is a tribute to
OMSI's
"Dinosaurs, China's Ancient Giants" and features a life-size
Tyrannosaurus Rex adult and newly-hatched young. The float features
orange and red roses, anthurium, banksia, red ginger, king protea and
bird of paradise. It is KeyBank's first float and was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Walk
Like a Rose," sponsored by
Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon,
is a salute to the inaugural Regence Grand Floral Walk. The tennis shoes
consist of red carnations, white iris, red gladiolus and red roses. It
was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "2008
Rose Festival Court," sponsored by
IKEA, carried the 14 members of the
Rose Festival Court in the parade. The float includes liatris, orange
roses, pink gerbera daisies, hot pink roses and green hanging amaranthus.
It was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "'I
Do' Redo," sponsored by
Portland General Electric, featured the winners
of PGE's "I Do" Redo contest: Ralph & Patricia Evans (married 57 years),
John & Denise Harding (married 29 years) and Steve & Marilyn Fulton
(married 21 years). The float includes green hanging amaranthus, green
roses, hot pink snapdragons, bells of Ireland and green spider
chrysanthemums. It was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Romancing
Rose," sponsored by the
Spirit Mountain Casino, includes sunflowers,
purple larkspur, blue delphinium, huckleberry and red and yellow roses.
It was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "The
Romance of the Clydesdales," sponsored by
Anheuser-Busch, is their 29th
consecutive float in the Grand Floral Parade, all of which have been
pulled by the famous Budweiser Clydesdales. The use of the Clydesdales
as a symbol of Budweiser dates to 1933 when August A. Busch Jr. and Adolphus Busch III presented a hitch of Clydesdales to their father
August Busch Sr. in
 commemoration
of the first bottle of post-prohibition beer brewed in St. Louis. The
float includes the brewing ingredients of beer: barley kernels for malt
on the outside of the stable, rice for crispness on the stonework &
fences and hop vines for aroma and spice on the side of the building.
The float was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Best
Festival in the World," sponsored by the
Portland Rose Festival
Foundation, includes red gladiolus, red carnations and red roses. It
was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Honoring
Those Who Serve," sponsored by
Shilo Inns Suites Hotels,
Yorke & Curtis
and CIDA, salutes
members of the United States Armed Forces and the
Salvation Army.
The float includes red, white & blue flowers and was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
  "Let's
Fly," sponsored by the
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum,
celebrates the opening of the brand-new Evergreen Space Museum in
McMinnville, Oregon and depicts a Gemini spacecraft, used for ten manned
flights in 1965 and 1966. The float was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
   "More
Precious Than Gold," sponsored by
Reser's Fine Foods, includes a large
pirate clearly (but not officially) inspired by Johnny Depp's Captain
Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series. The float
was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Sustain
the Spirit," sponsored by the
Portland Rose Festival, announces the
Oregon 150
celebration of Oregon's sesquicentennial, or 150th birthday, on February
14, 2009. The float includes Noble Fir branches and cedar bark, and was
built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "A
Lifetime Love Affair," sponsored by
Fred Meyer, celebrates the joy of
gardening. The float includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, red cabbage,
carrots, corn, eggplant, alliums, delphinium, three colors of roses, hot
pink alstromeria, and oriental red lilies, and was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc. I don't know if it was intentional, but I think the
gardener resembles Renee Zellweger's Vanessa Bloome from
Bee Movie.
 "The
World Loves a Clown," sponsored by the
Portland Rose Festival, includes eremuris, giant alliums, blue iris
and red & yellow roses and was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
  "Courting
Rosie," sponsored by
George Morlan Plumbing,
includes purple iris, red roses, red carnations and red gladiolus. The
float was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "Dressed
Like a King," sponsored by
Exclusively Misook, carried festival king Rex
Oregonus. The float includes hot pink gladiolus, carnations, liatris and
roses. It was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
  "Welcome
our Friends from San Antonio," sponsored by the
Royal Rosarians, carried
Queen Mary Elizabeth Rogers and Princess Callie Melissa Mortimer of
Fiesta San Antonio, organized by the Battle of Flowers Foundation. The
float includes red roses, red gladiolus, red carnations and red hanging amaranthus.
It was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
   "Love
is in the Air," sponsored by
Battle Ground Rose Float, is Battle Ground,
Washington's 54th consecutive float in the Grand Floral Parade and was
designed, built and decorated entirely by volunteers. The float includes
colored rice, dyed coconut, green & yellow split peas, mung beans,
parsley, sesame seeds, 2,900 roses, 3,200 iris and 1,500 carnations.
 "The
Romance of the Race," sponsored by the
Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City
Association, is in the form of a dragon boat, with orange
carnations, red gladiolus and red and yellow roses. It was built by
Studio
Concepts, Inc.
 "The
Romance of Fiesta," sponsored by
La Pantera,
McDonald's and
Regence,
includes heliconia, red anthurium, ginger, yellow and orange roses,
yellow chrysanthemums, red carnations and oncidium orchids. The float
was built by Studio
Concepts, Inc.
2008 Rose Festival
Links
Rose Festival
OSV Bold
The Niña
Gray's
Harbor Historical Seaport Authority
Portland Spirit
United
States Navy
USS Lake
Champlain
USS
Kidd
USS Preble
USS Gary
Canadian Navy
HMCS
Edmonton
HMCS
Whitehorse
United
States Coast Guard
USCGC
Henry Blake
USCGC
Active
Oregon
Maritime Center & Museum
Save the PT Boat, Inc.
Gamewardens of
Vietnam, Inc. Northwest Chapter
Portland
Fire Bureau
Also See:
Wings of Freedom/2007 Rose Festival Fleet
Flags of Honor
Last Voyage of the USS Missouri
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