Ships

Unidentified Coast Guard sailors in front of the United States Coast Guard cutter "Courier" at its dedication as a mobile transmitter for the "Voice of America" radio broadcasts. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A shipyard at night with ships under construction, California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

Photo of launching the ship Theodore Parker by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

Samuel Gompers ship, from the California Shipbuilders Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

Large cranes, wharves, and other building material at the California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

The ship Samuel Gompers under construction by the California Shipbuilder Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

Shipyards, California Shipbuilder Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

Unidentified ships being launched by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, California.

President Harry S. Truman with select members of his staff on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Truman, Special Assistant Edwin Locke, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

President Harry S. Truman (in civilian clothes, third from right) on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, posing in front of a caricature of former President Roosevelt. With him are Admiral Chester Nimitz (second from right) and Admiral William D. Leahy (fourth from right, behind Truman, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.