In recognition of HMAS Canberra’s sacrifice to protect U.S. Forces, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered the under-construction cruiser USS Pittsburgh to be renamed USS Canberra (CA-41).

While underway, Canberra sailed over 14,000 nautical miles with a crew comprised of members of both its Blue and Gold crews. The two crews of approximately 70 sailors each alternate to man the ship.

Cmdr. Bill Golden, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra's blue crew, gives a tour on May 26, 2025, to a Bahraini military delegation in Manama, Bahrain.

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrives in Sydney, ahead of its commissioning ceremony on July 22, Sydney, Australia, July 18, 2023.

Australian and US forces on Saturday began two weeks of drills as part of "Exercise Talisman Sabre." At the same time, the US officially commissioned a new battleship in Sydney, the USS Canberra ...

Cmdr. Bill Golden, center, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra’s (LCS-30) Blue Crew, gives a tour of the ship’s bridge in Manama, Bahrain, May 26, 2025.

In an uncommon overseas ceremony, the USS Canberra was welcomed to the active U.S. fleet Saturday in Australia on a windy winter day as officials from both countries stressed their strong alliance.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship, the future USS Canberra (LCS 30), during a commissioning ceremony Friday in Australia.

BELOIT, Wis. (WIFR) - Members of the USS Beloit crew sell items at the Downtown Beloit Winter Farmers' Market to raise money for the crew’s legacy fund. The Downtown Beloit Winter Farmers ...

Naval Station Mayport, family, and friends patiently waited on Thursday as the USS Thomas Hudner and its crew returned home after an eight-month deployment.

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrives in Sydney, ahead of its commissioning ceremony on July 22, Sydney, Australia, July 18, 2023.

"It's such an honour and a privilege to be able to do this," Captain of the USS Canberra Blue Crew, Will Ashley, told ABC television. "It's a culmination of not just the ship naming, of honouring ...