GARDEN ISLAND, HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia (Nov. 17, 2025) – Workers from Australia’s submarine company, ASC, carefully install a “racetrack” platform on the sail of USS Vermont (SSN 792), during a planned submarine maintenance period (SMP). Fabricated by Australian industry, the “racetrack” platform will be used in future port visits to facilitate maintenance on Virginia-class submarines’ sails. The SMP showcased Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s ability to conduct maintenance in Western Australia and its training of Australian maintainers to support the establishment of Submarine Rotational Force – West as early as 2027 as part of AUKUS Pillar I, the trilateral security agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The AUKUS I&A Program Office is the U.S. Navy office responsible for executing the trilateral partnership to assist Australia in acquiring conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarines at the earliest possible date while setting the highest nuclear stewardship standards and continuing to maintain the highest nonproliferation standard. (U.S. Navy Photo by Cmdr. Erik Wells)
| Date Taken: | 11.17.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 01.23.2026 11:54 |
| Photo ID: | 9489645 |
| VIRIN: | 251117-N-PE342-2086 |
| Resolution: | 2452x1632 |
| Size: | 689.02 KB |
| Location: | WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AU |
| Web Views: | 29 |
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