Tiger cruise

A tiger cruise is an American naval voyage that allows civilians to accompany a sea-going United States Navy vessel.

[1] The voyage allows friends and family of deployed sailors and Marines to spend time aboard a sea-going vessel to learn about the ship's day-to-day operations.

[2] Civilians are sponsored by a Navy sailor or marine, who accompanies them on the cruise.

The story tells of the events aboard the ship before, during, and after the September 11 attacks.

Constellation actually was underway to Naval Air Station North Island with a number of tigers on board that day.

Tiger cruise participants commemorate their voyage with a spell-out on the flight deck of the Nimitz -class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), May 2012
During the ship's Tiger Cruise, Sailors and their families observe USNS Henry J. Kaiser come alongside aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis for a replenishment-at-sea demonstration in August 2007