Ships

Numerous small vessels secured to a pier with buildings in the background near the harbor in Kobe, Japan.

Full body view of James C. Dunn, United States Ambassador to Italy, seen in the center of the photograph leaving a ship with others. He was attending a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. Location was the port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. United States and Italian naval personnel are in view behind the ambassador. Directly behind Ambassador Dunn and to the left is House of Representative Congressman Joseph W. Martin from the state of New York.

View of some of the participants in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian navy. Location was the port of Brindisi, Italy, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Identification of the four men standing together include right to left: Italian Secretary of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi; U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952) James C. Dunn; U.S. Admiral Robert B. Carney; and U.S. Congress Representative Joseph W. Martin from New York. The men appear to be on one of the ships involved in the exchange.

View of the ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Sailors and ceremony attendees are visible.

View of the two ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Italian sailors can be seen on the decks.

View of some of the participants in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian navy. With their backs to the camera is Italian Defense Secretary Randolfo Pacciardi on the left and United States Ambassador to Italy James C. Dunn in the middle at the microphone. Ships involved with the exchange are visible in the background.

View of ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Italian sailors can be seen on the decks.

View of ships involved in a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over these two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania.

View of a formal military exchange ceremony in which time the United States Navy turned over two destroyers and six gunboats to the Italian Navy. The location of the event is the Italian port of Brindisi, just 70 miles from Soviet dominated Albania. Participants in the ceremony are in view as well as some of the naval boats involved in the transfer.

President Harry S. Truman (front left), Charles G. Ross (front center), Brigadier General Wallace Graham (front right), John Steelman (second row center, behind Graham), and Rear Admiral James Foskett (second row, right) walk along the dock in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.