Tiger cruise
{{Short description|US Naval voyage that allows civilian passengers}}
{{For|the 2004 film|Tiger Cruise (film){{!}}Tiger Cruise (film)}}
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File:Tiger Cruise DVIDS55488.jpg come alongside aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis for a replenishment-at-sea demonstration in August 2007]]
A tiger cruise is an American naval voyage that allows civilians to accompany a sea-going United States Navy vessel.{{cite web|date=2019-08-23|title=Tiger Cruises {{!}} Naval Historical Foundation|url=https://www.navyhistory.org/2019/08/tiger-cruises|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Naval Historical Foundation}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Tiger Cruise Information|url=http://www.rso.navy.mil:80/chaps/tigercruise/tigercruise.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616192654/http://www.rso.navy.mil:80/chaps/tigercruise/tigercruise.htm|archive-date=2006-06-16|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Regional Support Organization San Diego}} Civilians are sponsored by a Navy sailor or marine, who accompanies them on the cruise.{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Lance|date=1990-04-08|title=Civilians Can Cruise With Navy|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-08-tr-1349-story.html|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Los Angeles Times}}
In popular culture
In the JAG season 3 episode "Tiger, Tiger", Harm, Bud, and Josh participate in a Tiger Cruise. The ship rescues a raft of refugees, who reveal themselves to be terrorists and take over the ship.
The 2004 film Tiger Cruise is set aboard {{USS|Constellation|CV-64}} during the tiger cruise at the ending of her deployment in September 2001. 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. The carrier had already been decommissioned when the movie was filmed; {{USS|John C. Stennis}}, and {{USS|Nimitz}} were used as stand-ins.{{cite web |author=Bridget Byrne |url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20040803/News/605098245/WM |title='Tiger Cruise' control |work=Wilmington Star-News |agency=Associated Press |date=August 3, 2004 |access-date=2020-11-29 |archive-date=2017-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907053906/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20040803/news/605098245/WM |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |author=Laura Fries |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/tiger-cruise-1200531836/ |title=Tiger Cruise |work=Variety |date=August 5, 2004 |access-date=2020-11-29}}
In the NCIS episode "Love Boat", NCIS agents investigate a murder that takes place on a tiger cruise.{{cite episode |title=Love Boat |series=NCIS |network=CBS|date=11 October 2016}}