Aussie Sailors Sub Off US Repair Ship for Home Visit

United States Navy ship USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) makes its way along Sydney Harbour as it prepares to dock at Garden Island Fleet Base East in Sydney, June 28, 2024. Emory S Land is an Afloat Fleet Maintenance vessel, supporting the US Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet. It provides expeditionary intermediate-level maintenance, services and logistics support to deployed submarines. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Australian sailors learning the ropes of submarine maintenance for the nation’s incoming nuclear fleet have sailed into Sydney Harbour on board a U.S. naval ship.

USS Emory S Land created a spectacle of military unity as it coasted into Sydney alongside Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships on June 28.