WELCOME CEREMONY FOR MOBILE'S 2025 MARDI GRAS SHIP

At approximately 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, the Mobile Council of the Navy League of the United States, the City of Mobile, and the Alabama Port Authority (APA) will welcome the USS McFAUL (DDG 74) as Mobile’s 2025 Mardi Gras ship.  Parking: Mobile Convention Center.

The Navy ship, whose motto is “Courage, Honor, Sacrifice,” should begin transiting the Mobile Ship Channel shortly after daybreak the morning of February 28, with an anticipated arrival at the Alabama Port Authority Pier 2 sometime around 10 a.m.  

The arrival ceremony will feature representatives from the U.S. Navy, the Navy League, elected officials, local JROTC students, and iconic Mobile ambassadors like the USS Alabama Shipmates, the Azalea Trail Maids and the Excelsior Band. 

USS McFAUL (DDG 74) is an Arleigh Burke class multi-mission destroyer designed to defend against and, if required, destroy her enemies on the ocean's surface, over land, in the sky, under the waves, and even in space. For more than 100 years, the City of Mobile has welcomed a U.S. Navy Ship to the Port of Mobile during the height of the Mardi Gras season so that the sailors aboard can experience the country’s oldest Mardi Gras celebration.