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.

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.

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

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.

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.

The Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LC 30) arrives in Sydney, Australia July 18, 2023. The ship will be commissioned July 22 in Sydney.

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.

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Canberra has arrived in Bahrain to conduct mine-sweeping operations on the region. (US Central Command) By Gary Robbins | The San Diego Union-Tribune.

"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 ...