Although the USS Emory S. Land was originally supposed to show up at around 1 p.m., it did not pull up into the waterfront until about 2:15 p.m. The arrival, however, proved to be well worth the wait.

The USS Emory S. Land is a 644ft-long, 12-storey logistics and maintenance hub described by its captain as a “floating shipyard”, usually tasked with supporting deployed submarines.

USS Emory S. Land: warship pulls into Darwin, nuclear submarine training provided. Aussie sailors aboard the vessel are getting first-hand experience in how to repair nuclear submarines, which the ...

A hulking US navy vessel has made a port call into Cairns for the first time bringing with it 500 sailors looking to enjoy the best the region has to offer.