PDX Index: Fleet Week
105
Years since the USS Charleston became the first naval ship to visit Portland during the Rose Festival
407
Words devoted to a 1907 Oregonian report on the arrest of a visiting sailor caught “socializing” after midnight with two young girls on the corner of SW Fifth & Alder
8
Number of ships expected to visit this year
440
Extra staffing hours scheduled by the Multnomah County Bridges Operations due to this year’s increased ship traffic
25%
Percentage by which Oregon video lottery machine usage increased in the immediate Waterfront Park vicinity during 2011’s Fleet Week
18
Years that service personnel visited Portland under the rule of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
9
Gay bars within one mile of Waterfront Park
10
Strip clubs within the same distance
$4
Happy hour price for a Vodka Monster at Dixie in Old Town, a favorite of visiting sailors
426
Number of Vodka Monsters consumed at Dixie by sailors last year