Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Australian warships visit NY to mark centennial

Two Australian warships have arrived in New York harbor to commemorate the nearly century-old military relationship between Australia and the United States.

The HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat sailed into New York Harbor on Sunday morning and are docked at a pier on Manhattan's West Side.

In 1908, the U.S. Navy's "Great White Fleet" was invited to stop at Australian ports during its round-the-world cruise _ and was greeted by nearly 250,000 people in Sydney. The Australian government …

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