BRISBANE, Australia (July 30, 2025) –Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, left, and Erika Olson, U.S. Chargè d’Affaires to Australia, cut a celebratory cake aboard the forward-deployed submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) while the ship is on a scheduled port visit in Brisbane, Australia, July 30, 2025. Frank Cable hosted a reception for the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day, a celebration of shared U.S.-Australian history, commemorating the end of World War II in the Pacific. Frank Cable and the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) are in port Brisbane as part of routine operations in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, operating with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew McPeek)
| Date Taken: | 07.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.07.2025 01:39 |
| Photo ID: | 9242929 |
| VIRIN: | 250730-N-YQ428-2179 |
| Resolution: | 5039x3359 |
| Size: | 1.27 MB |
| Location: | BRISBANE, AU |
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