The US Navy has arrived in Queensland to lend a hand with the ongoing flood recovery effort.
A total of 100 sailors from the USS Frank Cable, an Emory S Land-class submarine tender, will join in to help clean up the Brisbane River.
They will join the Australian Navy and Maritime Safety Queensland personnel.
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"We provide manpower, maintenance and logistics support, which we will specifically coordinate with the Australian Defence Force counterparts to determine where to best employ our crew," commanding officer Captain Albert Alarcon told Today.
"I had the opportunity to visit the city centre last night, and to see the level of restoration that occurred in just a two-week period speaks highly of the people's commitment, and if we could be a part of that effort, we would be most grateful and honoured."
The river will remain closed to recreational boating for at least the next two weeks, with dangerous debris still adrift in the water.
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The city's ferry network may remain closed for several months, leaving many commuters concerned about getting to work.
The Brisbane City Council has claimed that most services will be back after the river re-opens, but repairing the gangways will take more time.
After the 2011 floods, the gangways were rebuilt so that during a similar disaster, they would come apart and the terminals would stay intact.
For now the focus is getting all the unidentified objects that sit just below the surface of the river out to make things safe.
