Stars & Stripes | August 21, 2024

An American submarine tender recently arrived in Western Australia, where sailors are training to service U.S. and British nuclear-powered fast-attack boats under a mutual defense pact.

The USS Emory S. Land, a Guam-based tender crewed by American and Australian sailors, pulled into naval base HMAS Stirling, near Perth, on Aug. 16, the Navy announced in a news release that day.

The crew will perform maintenance on a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine over several weeks, the release said, without naming the boat. 

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