Since the preceding article I partially eat my words:
USS Minnesota, a Guam based Virginia-class SSN, visited the Chinese run [1] Port of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, in late March 2025. [2]
Along with it in Darwin was submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) the US Navy reports [3] on March 25, 2025.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Darwin#Privatisation
[2] https://en.as.com/latest_news/us-nuclear-submarine-emerges-within-meters-of-a-controversial-chinese-lease-not-one-of-our-partners-n/
[3] https://www.pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/News-Article-View/Article/4137812/emory-s-land-arrives-in-darwin/
