On Friday, a U.S. Navy destroyer will voyage up Mobile to serve as the city’s 2024 Mardi Gras ship, offering free tours during the holiday weekend. The city announced Wednesday that the USS Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer designated DDG-75, will make the traditional visit this year. It’s not the first ship of its class to do so: The USS Mitcher visited in 2017, the USS James E. Williams in 2019 and the USS McFaul in 2020, for example.