Presidential yachts

President Harry S. Truman (left) is greeted by Governor William Hastie (second from left) as he leaves his yacht, the USS Williamsburg, for a tour of the island of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Standing in the background are, from left to right: William Hassett (wearing bow tie), Captain Robert Dennison, General Wallace Graham (mostly obscured by Krug), Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Chair of the Municipal Council of St. Thomas Mr. Roy Gordon, and Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured by Gordon). All others are unidentified. Truman visited St.

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes, left) and his daughter Margaret Truman are walking down the gangway leaving the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg. The sailors in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman relaxes aboard the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda.

President Harry S. Truman waves while he stands on the deck of the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. With him is his daughter, Margaret Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) is swimming from the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg in the Chesapeake Bay. Also with him in the water is Captain James Foskett (third from the right) and two unidentified Secret Service agents. Others on board the ship are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and some of his friends and associates gather for a photograph while on the USS Williamsburg, during President Truman's Fourth of July holiday cruise on the Potomac. From left to right: Governor Mon Wallgren, Senator Clinton Anderson, Clark Clifford, President Truman, George Allen, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Oscar Ewing.

President Harry S. Truman (right) signs a message attached to a presidential veto of a tax bill on the Presidential yacht USS Williamsburg while en route to Williamsburg, Virginia. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, William J. Hopkins, and Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left) boards the presidential yacht for a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia where he will receive an Honorary Degree from William and Mary College. Also traveling with him are his daughter Margaret (center) and First Lady Bess W. Truman.

The Williamsburg, President Harry S. Truman's yacht, is anchored offshore at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. President Truman is visiting the Virgin Islands. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Commander Donald MacDonald aboard the USS Williamsburg. They were en route to Key West, Florida. Commander MacDonald is the commanding officer of the USS Williamsburg, President Truman's yacht.