USS George Washington, 29 foreign warships to participate in Indonesia’s marine activities (Sail Bunaken 2009)
JAKARTA, — As many as 29 foreign warships will participate in Indonesia’s Sail Bunaken 2009, an international event for sharing new experience and exploring the marine beauty, in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province, the Kompas daily quoted an official as saying on Friday.
Bunaken island, Indonesia
The warships will take part in the main program of Sail Bunaken 2009 on Aug. 14 to 19. One of them would be USS George Washington, a famous mother ship from the United States. All warships are scheduled to arrive in waters of North Sulawesi’s Bitung on Aug. 14 and will take turn to berth at Bitung port for public visit.
On Aug. 19 evening, the warships, including 10 Indonesian ones, will pass the podium where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will give salute.
USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs on her first summer deployment since arriving at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. June 10, 2009 (Clifford L. H. Davis/U.S. Navy)
The Sail Bunaken will also perform attraction of fighter jets that will take off on the USS George Washington’s runway.
Other activity will be an effort to break the world’s record of diving where 2,200 divers will be in the water for Indonesia’s independence commemoration ceremony in Manado’s Malalayang waters. The previous world’s record was booked by 958 divers in the Maldives waters in 2007.
According to the plan, the 2,200 divers will be in 15-meter-depth for more than 30 minutes.
Sail Bunaken 2009 is jointly organized by the Ministry of Marine and Fishery Affairs, Provincial Administration of North Sulawesi, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Navy Force of Indonesia, supported by the Directorate General of Immigration and other government institutions. (Li Shuncheng/Xinhua)
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