U.S. Navy

A lifeboat hangs from a Naval aviation rescue boat at a Naval base in the Caribbean Sea. Part of a series of photos taken during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 12:28 in the afternoon, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 11:59 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 2:15 in the morning, showing hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station. Photo is numbered 9268.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 5:00 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 9:00 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 11:31 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 11:57 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948, at 10:00 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida, and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.

Radar scope photograph taken September 21, 1948 at 11:55 in the morning, showing a hurricane that struck Key West, Florida and damaged the Key West Naval Air Station.