The competition was organized and judged by Afloat Training Group Middle Pacific (ATG) and runs the gamut in 18 events ranging from at-sea seamanship challenges and know-how to separate sporting events and even a culinary competition.

Five Pearl Harbor-based ships, one Coast Guard cutter and Destroyer Squadron 31 (CDS 31) competed against one another.

Competing were the USS Chaffee (DDG 90), USS Crommelin (FFG 37), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60), USS Port Royal (CG 73) and USS Reuben James (FFG 57) represented the Pearl Harbor waterfront, and the crews of Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and CDS 31 rounded out the field. 

USS Crommelin trailed USS Reuben James by a point before lining up on the rope. The tug-of-war was a double-elimination event and the USS Crommelin went undefeated.

The competition, in addition to sporting events such as basketball, a five-kilometer run, swimming, dodgeball, tug-of-war and boxing, put the crews in situations where they had to use their Navy training.

One such competition was the wet trainer, where sailors set up shoring in the event of a hull rupture or patch broken pipes. Water flows until the broken pipes are fixed and the ship's' hull is shored.

Sailors also had to demonstrate their boarding proficiency competing in visit, board search and seizure (VBSS) techniques.

Another event was the tactical maneuvers simulation, where teams simulated compartment clearings while they were assessed by ATG personnel.