New Mexico class battleship

Photographer Samuel J Hood Studio (Australian, 1899 - 1953)

Printer Harringtons Ltd

DateJuly 1925

Object number00020966

NamePhotograph

MediumSilver gelatin print

DimensionsOverall: 66 x 113 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection

Terms

DescriptionA New Mexico-class battleship of the United States Navy. It is either USS NEW MEXICO, USS MISSISSIPPI or USS IDAHO in Sydney Harbour.SignificanceThis photograph is significant as a souvenir of the 1925 goodwill cruise of the United States Battle Fleet to Australia, which renewed the Australian-American alliance established by the Great White Fleet visit in 1908. The 1925 visit contributes to a long history of US Naval visits to Australian ports starting with the US Exploring Expedition in 1839-1840, followed by the 1908 visit of the Great White Fleet and later visits in the 1940s in the lead-up to World War II.