The long run USS Canberra (LCS 30) will be part of the U.S. Navy energetic fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first worldwide commissioning ceremony on the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia.
Canberra is the primary U.S. Navy warship to be commissioned in an allied nation. It’s the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the namesake of Canberra.
“I can consider no higher method to signify our enduring partnership with Australia than celebrating the latest U.S. Navy warship named for Australia’s capital metropolis, and commissioning her in Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East surrounded by most of the Australian ships we’ve labored alongside for years,” mentioned Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. “I stay up for this momentous day for the ship, crew, sponsor, and all our companions in authorities and trade who labored tirelessly to offer the long run USS Canberra the celebration it deserves.”
Australian Chief of Navy, Vice Adm. Mark Hammond mentioned this historic occasion encapsulates each the depth of the historic ties, and modern-day partnership between the Royal Australian Navy and the U.S. Navy.
“It is a distinctive demonstration of respect by the U.S. for the Officers and Sailors of the Royal Australian Navy,” mentioned Hammond. “It is a chance to replicate on our shared historical past, and on a friendship cast whereas preventing side-by-side. On August 9, 1942 the RAN heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra was severely broken off Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) whereas defending the U.S. Marines preventing ashore. In a shock assault by a strong Japanese naval power, Canberra was hit 24 instances in lower than two minutes and 84 of her crew had been killed together with Captain Frank Getting”
“I stay up for welcoming the U.S. Navy, and the crew of USS Canberra to Australia and we’re honored to host the U.S. Navy’s first worldwide commissioning. Will probably be a historic occasion to see the usCanberra and HMAS Canberra alongside one another in Sydney. As we glance to the long run, the power of our partnership stays a cornerstone of a safe, secure, free and open Indo-Pacific Area.”
The primary USS Canberra (CA-70/CAG-2) was named on the path of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in honor of the Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra for the ship’s brave actions throughout the Battle of Savo Island that came about Aug. 7-9, 1942. The brand new Baltimore-class heavy cruiser was renamed Canberra from Pittsburgh on Oct. 16, 1942, and was commissioned on Oct. 14, 1943.
Canberra will quickly start the transit for the Navy’s first worldwide ship commissioning making stops alongside the transit in Indo-Pacific nations previous to its arrival in Sydney for commissioning.
A go to to the Australian capital metropolis of Canberra is deliberate the day after commissioning, persevering with the U.S. Navy custom of constructing a robust relationship with namesake communities.
The ship’s sponsor is Australian Senator, the Honourable Marise Payne, the previous Australian Minister of Overseas Affairs who attended the ship’s keel laying ceremony in Cellular, Ala. in 2020. The ship was christened June 5, 2021, by Alison Petchell, the Australian Authorities’s Defence Assistant Secretary for Industrial Functionality Planning within the Nuclear Submarines Taskforce and former Minister Counsellor for Protection Materiel, on behalf of Senator Payne. The ship arrived for the primary time at its homeport of San Diego final yr.
The primary U.S. Navy ship named after a international capital, Canberra (CA-70) was sponsored by Girl Alice C. Dixon, the spouse of Sir Owen Dixon, then Australian Minister to the USA. Following World Warfare II, Canberra was positioned out of fee and in reserve on March 7, 1947. 5 years later, the ship was chosen to be the U.S. Navy’s second guided missile cruiser. The ship was re-commissioned on June 15, 1956, as guided missile heavy cruiser CAG-2.
With its new designation, Canberra transported President Dwight D. Eisenhower and later was the ceremonial flagship for the collection of the Unknown Serviceman of each World Warfare II and Korea interned at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery, was the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser Drive flagship, carried out an across the globe goodwill cruise, supplied medical help to the crew of the Turkish merchantman Mehmet Ipar, was the Commander Process Group 136.1 flagship that was charged with sustaining a blockade throughout the Cuban Missile Disaster, and served in Korea and Vietnam. To focus on the ship’s function in naval gunfire assist following operations in Vietnam, Canberra was re-designated to unique classification and identification quantity CA-70 on Could 1, 1968.
Canberra obtained seven battle stars for her service in World Warfare II. The ship was decommissioned on Feb. 2, 1970, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on July 31, 1978.
The current day USS Canberra is the sixteenth Independence-variant Littoral Fight Ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy. LCS are designed to be quick, optimally-manned, mission-tailored, floor combatants that function in each littoral and open-ocean environments. LCS combine with joint, mixed, crewed, and unmanned techniques to assist forward-presence, maritime safety, sea management, and deterrence missions across the globe. The long run USS Canberra was constructed by Austal USA in Cellular, Alabama.
