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Visit of the American Fleet to Sydney July - August 1925
Visit of the American Fleet to Sydney July - August 1925

Visit of the American Fleet to Sydney July - August 1925

Maker
Date1925
Object number00042392
NameScrapbook
MediumPaper, ink, cltoh
DimensionsOverall: 250 x 315 x 10 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis scrapbook was compiled by Frank Walker to commemorate the visit of the United States Pacific Fleet to Sydney in 1925. The scrapbook contains illustrations of flags and badges; newspaper clippings regarding the fleet and vessels; a church service program relating to the Chatswood Congregational Church's visit to USS IDAHO; an edition of the USS IDAHO newspaper; visitors information pamphlet regarding USS IDAHO; vessel letterheads with air mail postage stamps; maps of the vessels locations in Sydney Harbour; photograph of USS VERMONT; souvenir booklet; and a list of the US naval vessels in Sydney Harbour.SignificanceThis scrapbook is significant as a souvenir of the 1925 goodwill cruise of the United States Pacific 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.