U.S. Navy

Commander F. D. Virgilie leans over a wounded North Korean while another unidentified officer watches. The damaged boat they are in has been brought along side the USS Manchester. Others are unidentified. The North Koreans unsuccessfully attempted to mine the USS Manchester in Wonson Harbor off the coast of Korea. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

Two captured North Korean sampans are secured on the fantail of the USS Manchester. The North Koreans unsuccessfully attempted to mine the USS Manchester in Wonson Harbor off the coast of Korea. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

A group of unidentified naval corpsmen maneuver a "whale boat" containing several dead North Koreans alongside the USS Manchester. The North Koreans unsuccessfully attempted to mine the USS Manchester in Wonson Harbor off the coast of Korea. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

A damaged boat from the small boat flotilla that attempted to mine the USS Manchester, is maneuvered along side the Manchester by naval seamen in a United States "whale boat." The sailors are unidentified. The photograph was in an album entitled "The story of the North Korean small boat flotilla who attempted to mine us in on [sic] a dark foggy night R. Adm. Lewis S. Parks. USS Manchester."

This is a view of the wooden deck of the USS Williamsburg, docked at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington D.C. In the background other ships can be seen. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

A lifeboat sits on the deck of the USS Williamsburg, docked at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. The factory can be seen in the background. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

The "smokestack" of the presidential yacht Williamsburg, anchored at the Naval Gun factory, Washington, D.C., on the Anacostia River. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The Williamsburg anchored at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C., on the Anacostia River. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The Williamsburg anchored at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C., on the Anacostia River. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A lifeboat sits on the deck of the USS Williamsburg, docked at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative