Boats and boating

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.

View of ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over these 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.

View of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time 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. Participants in the ceremony are in view as well as some of the naval boats involved in the transfer.

President Harry S. Truman (rear seat on right) on board a Navy crash boat, "The Big Wheel," on a fishing excursion at Key West, Florida, during the President's vacation. Others aboard are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and members of his vacation party stand on board the Navy crash boat "The Big Wheel" for a fishing excursion at Key West, Florida. Standing on the right is Press Secretary Charles Ross. The others in his party are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

German Ambassador to South Vietnam York Von Wendland on a boat in the Saigon River. The woman is unidentified.

Dorothea Von Wendland on a boat in the Saigon River.

Nguyen Van Boo's boat on the Saigon River. Both people are unidentified.

Boat engine churning up the Saigon River.

Ski jump on the Saigon River in Vietnam. The person on the water skis is unidentified.