The USS Blue Ridge will make a stop in Sydney ahead of a major US-Australia training exercise. Source: AAP

The USS Blue Ridge, the command ship of the 70-year-old Seventh Fleet, is one of more than 10 US Navy vessels making port calls in Sydney, Darwin, Cairns and Brisbane this year for the joint Australia-US training exercise Talisman Saber.

Her first stop will be Sydney on Saturday morning.

The biennial Talisman Saber will this year involve 18,000 US personnel and 9000 Australian defence