Presidential yachts

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."

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."

President Harry S. Truman (third from left), General Harry Vaughan (fourth from left), and crew members of the USS Williamsburg on Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda catch their first look at their destination. Naval officers are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept., 1946, Vol. II."

During President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda, Navy tug 159 renders passing honors for President Harry S. Truman (right). The man on the left is probably Captain James Foskett. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

On the flying bridge of the yacht Williamsburg near Bermuda, L to R: President Harry S. Truman, Truman's naval aide Captain James Foskett, and Commander Emerson. This photograph was taken during Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."