Ships

President Harry S. Truman (on shore, white hat) arrives at the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Courier" to make a Voice of America address. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Secretary of State Dean Acheson speaks during President Harry S. Truman's visit to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Courier". Also pictured: President Harry S. Truman (behind Acheson, left, in hat); and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (first row, right). In the second row on the right is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

John W. Snyder (4th from left) with unidentified group of men from Rotary International on board RMS Queen Elizabeth.

Bess Truman relaxes in a deck chair aboard the liner S.S. United States as she and Harry Truman travel to an extended European vacation. From: Truman Home.

Harry S. Truman standing at the wheel of a ship. This photo was possibly taken when Truman was a Senator.

Dinner guests of the captain of the S.S. Liberte. Pictured: Treasurer of the United States Georgia Neese Clark (first row from left, fourth from the bottom); Mrs. India Edwards, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee (first row, third from the top); and Mrs. Helle Bonnet, wife to the French Ambassador to the United States (second row, fourth from the top). All other individuals are unidentified.

John W. Snyder, standing, speaks at a Savings Bond Program aboard the U. S. S. Constitution in the Boston harbor. All others are unidentified. From: John W. Snyder Papers.

The U.S.S. Weiss acts as the escort vessel on President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda.

President Harry S. Truman, on the deck of the ship Lenore watching the Naval crew races at Annapolis, Maryland, discusses the use of his movie camera with Commander Donald J. MacDonald and unidentified others. (Same as 98-790; similar to 2012-403). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Wearing sunglasses, President Harry S. Truman (right) and other Navy personnel sit on the deck of the Lenore watching the Navy Cornell-Navy crew races on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The officer third from the left is Captain Robert Dennison. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.