Ships

President Harry S. Tuman (center, left) and James F. Byrnes (center, right)are saluted by Navy officers and crewmen aboard the USS Augusta. They are preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.

British Admiral Ralph Leatham (center right, in dark hat) salutes the officers and sailors aboard the USS Augusta. Admiral Leatham boarded the Augusta with King George VI, who paid a visit to President Harry S. Truman on board the Augusta before it returned to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. All others are unidentified.

View of the HMS Renown from the USS Augusta. President Harry S. Truman traveled from the USS Augusta to visit King George VI of Great Britain on the HMS Renown as he was leaving the Potsdam Conference.

Captain James Foskett (third from the right, in naval uniform) attends a dinner on board the USS Augusta as it prepares to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. Others at the table are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes (right) board the HMS Renown to pay a visit to King George VI and are greeted by unidentified officers and crewmen. President Truman is preparing to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference.

View from the USS Augusta of other ships and the shoreline near Great Britain. The USS Augusta is preparing to return to the United States after the Potsdam Conference. The ship on the left is likely the HMS Renown.

President Harry S. Truman (on ramp, wearing hat) leaves the USS Augusta at Antwerp, Belgium to embark on a flight to Berlin, Germany to attend the Potsdam Conference. Walking behind President Truman is Secretary of State James Byrnes. Photographers and all others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) smiles upon meeting King George VI of England (right). The King paid a visit to President Truman aboard the USS Augusta, as the Augusta was preparing to return to the United States from the Potsdam Conference. Also present is Captain James Foskett, Commanding Officer of the Augusta (behind President Truman, mostly obscured).

United States Ambassador to Great Britain John G. Winant (left) and an unidentified United States Army officer are preparing to board the USS Augusta to meet with President Harry S. Truman. They visited President Truman on board the ship as he was returning to the United States from the Potsdam Conference. From the album President's trip to the Berlin Conference, vol. 2 of 2

King George VI of Great Britain gives a salute as he is piped aboard the USS Augusta by unidentified United States Navy officers and sailors. Standing next to King George VI on the stairs is Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States. He is visiting President Harry S. Truman, who is on the Augusta to travel back to the United States from the Potsdam Conference.