Vic: The John S McCain remembers the Great White Fleet

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2008
Vic: The John S McCain remembers the Great White Fleet

The USS JOHN S McCAIN has powered into Port Melbourne .. marking 100 years since America's
Great White Fleet sailed into Port Phillip Bay.

The ship is named after the Republican presidential candidate's father and grandfather
.. who were both four star admirals.

The ship's commander JOHN BANIGAN says the destroyer is more powerful than the entire
Great White Fleet.

Some of the crew will stay in hotels around Melbourne over the next week .. to get
a break from ship life.

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KEYWORD: FLEET (MELBOURNE)

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