According to OpSail 2026 plans, New Orleans, Louisiana, was scheduled as the first port of call for the America250 tall-ship gathering.
Operation Sail, commonly shortened to OpSail, organizes maritime celebrations involving tall ships and other vessels. The 2026 edition was planned to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Its schedule listed a series of port calls and races along the American coast.
New Orleans was listed first, with ships scheduled there from May 28 through June 1, 2026. The planned route then continued to Norfolk, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City; and Boston, Massachusetts. The New York visit was timed to coincide with July 4 celebrations and a planned international fleet review in New York Harbor.
The port sequence can be confused with the event’s final destination, Boston, or with New York City, which was expected to host the largest Independence Day gathering. The cities were separate stops in one planned maritime program, not alternative names for the same location.