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Ship berthed at Station Pier, Melbourne
Ship berthed at Station Pier, Melbourne

Ship berthed at Station Pier, Melbourne

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Date1925
Object number00045889
NamePhotograph
MediumPhotograph
DimensionsOverall: 66 x 114 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis photograph is believed to depict a United States Navy ship at Station Pier, Melbourne during a visit of the Pacific Fleet to Australia in 1925.SignificanceThis photograph 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.