Ships

Ships at sea near Yunnanfu, China.

Livestock apparently waiting to be shipped in Yunnanfu, China.

Sailors in formation on the deck of an unidentified ship in Key West, Florida. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

A peace treaty effecting the end of the second World War is being signed aboard the USS Missouri. Admiral Chester Nimitz of the United States Navy is shown signing the Treaty. The ship is in Tokyo Bay, Japan.

1944-1945 era photo of members of the crew of the U.S.S. Missouri. The treaty ending World War II was signed aboard this ship.

Photo of the U.S.S. Missouri in the Panama Canal. The World War II Treaty was signed on the ship.

Photograph of the U.S.S. Missouri firing weapons.

Henry Wallace inspects a United States built icebreaker on the Sea of Okotsk, which was given to Russia. This was probably from the time period when he was Vice President. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives No. 208-PU-215.

The ship's company and guests mass on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York Harbor on Navy Day. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (far left), Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (second from left), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (third from left) read a plaque aboard the USS Missouri marking where the signing of the surrender of Japan took place. Truman was on board the USS Missouri during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Others in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.