Presidential yachts

View of the deck and of a small boat approaching the Williamsburg cruising the Caribbean Sea during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An unidentified sailor at the wheel of the Williamsburg cruising on the Caribbean Sea during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. Another unidentified sailor is on the bridge. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Press Secretary Charles Ross as he steps on the gangplank to leave the Williamsburg, during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An unidentified officer uses the navigational instruments on the bridge of the Williamsburg to plot a course through the Caribbean Sea during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Sailors climb up stairs to the U.S.S. Williamsburg after a swim in the Caribbean Sea. The Williamsburg docked at a naval base during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A sailor and an officer observe a message coming in over the teletype in a communications room aboard the Williamsburg somewhere in the Caribbean during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A sailor uses a typewriter at a desk in a communications room aboard the Williamsburg during President Truman's trip to the Caribbean, Virgin Islands and Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Sailors climb up the "gangplank" of the ship, Williamsburg, after a swim in the Caribbean Sea, while other watch behind the rail. The ship was anchored at a naval base in the Caribbean during President Truman's visit to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Sailors from the Williamsburg, anchored at a naval base in the Caribbean Sea, dive off the deck for a swim, while others line the rails to watch, during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A sailor inspects a lifeboat and other nautical apparatus aboard the Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.