Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman (right) standing on the flying bridge of the yacht Williamsburg as it comes into Narragansett Bay in Quonset, Rhode Island. Clark Clifford is foreground, back to camera. Press Secretary Charles Ross is fourth from left. Others are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Pleasure craft follow the SS Williamsburg, the ship carrying President Harry S. Truman on his vacation cruise to Bermuda, to the Naval Air station at Quonset, Rhode Island. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

The Naval Air Station at Quonset, Rhode Island, looking toward the USS Philippine Sea. The escort ship for the USS Williamsburg, the USS Weiss is at right. This photograph was taken from the Williamsburg as it carried the President and his party to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

At the Naval Air Station in Quonset, Rhode Island, President Harry S. Truman (center) meets the gentlemen of the press before his vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

The U. S. S. Weiss, escort ship of the yacht Williamsburg, the yacht that is carrying the President to Bermuda. Photographed en route from Narragansett to Bermuda, this ship carried members of the press corps. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

From left to right in one of the ward rooms on board the yacht Williamsburg, en route to Bermuda, are Captain James Foskett and Clark Clifford, aides to President Harry S. Truman. It appears to be Gen. Harry Vaughan asleep on the couch to the right. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Honorable George E. Allen, Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, takes a nap aboard the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

President Harry S. Truman's longtime friend, Ted Marks, relaxes on the fantail of the yacht Williamsburg, en route to Bermuda. Man in background is unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Enroute to Bermuda on the President's vacation cruise, President Harry S. Truman (left) and his military aide, General Harry Vaughan, scan the horizon for a sight of land. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

On the flying bridge of the yacht Williamsburg, L to R: General Harry Vaughan, President Truman, Clark Clifford, General Wallace Graham, personal physician to President Truman. They are gathered on the flying bridge as the yacht approaches Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept., 1946, Vol. II."