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View of Panama Canal in Panama, South America during the Unites States Navy tour
View of Panama Canal in Panama, South America during the Unites States Navy tour

View of Panama Canal in Panama, South America during the Unites States Navy tour

Photographer (Australian, 1899 - 1953)
Date1925
Object number00020990
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print
DimensionsOverall: 69 x 114 mm
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionIn late 1924, battleships and personnel of the United States Navy visited South America on a goodwill tour. On 23 July 1925, they arrived in Sydney. The fleet included, USS CALIFORNIA, USS COLORADO, USS TENNESSEE, USS MARYLAND, USS WEST VIRGINIA, USS NEW MEXICO, USS MISSISSIPPI and USS IDAHO. The fleet departed for New Zealand on 6 August.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.