SAN DIEGO — The San Diego-based littoral combat ship Canberra will travel to Australia this summer where it will become the first American warship to be commissioned in an allied country, according to the Navy.
The commissioning will occur on July 22 at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney. It will mark the moment when the Canberra becomes an active member of the American fleet.
The ceremony also represents the outgrowth of a long, fruitful and deepening relationship between the two countries that goes back decades.
