Australian warships in NY to mark alliance at sea

[Libertas1776]

Source: Associated Press

NEW YORK - The United States and Australia are celebrating a friendship at sea that has lasted more than 100 years.
On Sunday, two Australian warships arrived in New York to commemorate the relationship between the two nations -- naval allies in every major conflict since World War I.
The HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat docked at Pier 88 on

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The seamen were among 400 men and women on board the warships that sailed into New York Harbor from Halifax, Nova Scotia, berthing on the Hudson River opposite the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier.
The Australian frigates will be open to the public for tours on Tuesday before leaving Thursday for Baltimore and Norfolk, then Trinidad and Tobago, as part of a six-month, round-the-world deployment involving diplomatic visits and joint exercises with foreign navies.

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The partnership started in 1907, when Australian Prime Minister Alfred Deakin invited U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to send the American so-called Great White Fleet of 16 ships to his country. Australia was then trying to establish its navy as a significant force independent of the British Empire.
"The Americans went behind the backs of the British to send the fleet to Australia," Tom Harley, Deakin's great-grandson, told a news conference Sunday aboard the HMAS Ballarat. "The British were not amused, they were not pleased."



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My God, the Australian menace has invaded our waters :sarcasm: Seriously though, I salute our Aussie friends in white

[Captain Hilts]

1. Cool! I hope they come to Baltimore or Norfolk....nt

[Captain Hilts]

2. Okay, I just answered my own question. Balt AND Norfolk! nt

[Posteritatis]

3. That's a bit of a trip

We see a lot of NATO ships in Halifax, but there was a Japanese destroyer in town once a few years ago.

[Submariner]

4. Oh look! Targets