Sailors

Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown is seated in the basket of a highline as he departed and arrived to the USS Wisconsin. He came aboard for an official visit. Brown was Commander of the 6th Fleet. All others are unidentified.

An older man wearing a hat from the USS Newport News looks at a young man wearing an officer's hat. They are in the control room of a ship.

Three older unknown men wearing USS Newport News hats look down at a table with a large piece of paper, presumably a map, with an unknown United States Navy sailor.

Four men wearing coats and hats from the USS Newport News stand in a control room and listen to an unknown man in a white shirt talk.

Two unknown older men wearing hats from the USS Newport News talk to two younger officers in what appears to be a ship's control room.

Two older men wearing hats from the USS Newport News stand next to a younger man, presumably from a ship's crew and look at an instrument in a control room of a ship.

Last minute escape from vessel torpedoed by German submarine. One of the most remarkable photographs ever taken depicting the last moments of a torpedoed vessel. The vessel has already sunk its bow into the waves, and her stern is slowly lifting out of the water. Men can be seem sliding down ropes as the last boat is pulling away. The splash of one of the men dropping into the sea can be seen to the left foreground. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

An unidentified Japanese Rear Admiral salutes as he boards a ship. Other unidentified sailors are present.

The Kamakura Daibutsu , a statue of Buddha, cast in bronze in 1252 A.D. is located at the Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan. The sailor standing in front of the statue is unidentified.

Freeman Fraser, an American sailor, stands besides a scenic outlook of a lake and mountains near Hakone, Japan.