Battleships

Launching of the USS Missouri.

Margaret Truman breaks a bottle of champagne during christening ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on platform, from left to right: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly.

The USS Missouri sits in dry-dock prior to its launching.

Plaque on the U. S. S. Missouri commemorating the surrender of the Japanese in World War II.

Battleships at sea.

New York Harbor on Navy Day with the U. S. S. Midway, the U. S. S. Enterprise, the U. S. S. Sherwood, the flagship U. S. S. Missouri, the U. S. S. New York, and the U. S. S. Helena. Original is oversize.

U. S. S. Missouri firing guns.

Sailors straddle a 16-inch gun on the forward turret of the U.S.S. Washington, which docked at Philadelphia to participate in the Navy Day celebration. The 25,000-ton battlewagon was built, launched and commissioned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1941.

President Truman on Navy Day in New York Harbor aboard the U.S.S Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman on Navy Day in New York Harbor aboard the U.S.S Missouri.