Hospital ship USS RELIEF in Sydney Harbour, July 1925

On 24 July, The Sydney Morning Herald reported on the fleet's arrival and the appearance of RELIEF:
'At the end of the long procession of battleships came a smaller ship, built on entirely different lines, and painted white. One knew at once that this was the hospital ship Relief. Coming after the great male battleships in their uniform of war grey, she lent a touch of feminine interest to the array. She carried an irresistible suggestion of an hospital nurse in uniform.'