Boats and boating

Photographers and members of the press pose in a small craft trailing President Harry S. Truman on his fishing excursion at Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Photographers and cameramen sit on the cabin roof of a small boat and pose for a group picture while trailing President Harry S. Truman on his fishing trip aboard the Big Wheel. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Photographers and cameramen aboard a boat taking pictures of President Harry S Truman fishing off the "Big Wheel" in the waters of Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Photographers and cameramen aboard a boat taking pictures of President Harry S. Truman (not visible) fishing off the "Big Wheel" in the waters of Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left rear) and members of his party fish off the "Big Wheel" in the waters off Key West, Florida. (Gen. Charles Landry, his Air Force Aide, is behind the President.) (See also 77-3583.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left rear) and members of his party fish off the "Big Wheel" in the waters off Key West, Florida. Gen. Charles Landry, his Air Force aide, is behind the President. (See also 77-3583.) From: Naval Photo enter, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat from aboard the "Big Wheel" as he enjoys fishing with members of his staff in the waters of Key West, Florida. (See also 77-3583.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Numerous small vessels secured to a pier with buildings in the background near the harbor in Kobe, Japan.

View of the ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Sailors and ceremony attendees are visible.

View of the two ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Italian sailors can be seen on the decks.