Presidential yachts

A line of sailors stands on the deck of the Williamsburg and salutes an incoming passenger, probably President Harry S. Truman on his trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Other Naval personnel is various places on the ship also stand at attention. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

An officer looks down from the bridge of the Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) holds a press conference on the afterdeck of the Williamsburg during his fifth trip to Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Crew members aboard President Harry S. Truman's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, as it approached anchorage at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. All are unidentified. Truman visited St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in white hat) returning to his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, at Frederiksted Harbor during his visit to St. Croix, Virgin Islands. All others are unidentified. Truman visited St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman leaves his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, for the municipal dock at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. All are unidentified. Truman visited St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman's yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, anchored off of Frederiksted Harbor, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Truman visited the St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman (left) is greeted by Governor William Hastie (second from left) as he leaves his yacht, the U.S.S. 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 walking off the gangplank of the U.S.S. Williamsburg at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. President Truman visited the Virgin Islands as part of a vacation cruise. Sailors in the background are unidentified.

The crew of the U.S.S. Williamsburg, docked at a naval base in the Caribbean Sea, sits down to a meal in the Mess Hall, 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.