Ships

A long, narrow facility for servicing ships dockside juts out into the sea near Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A medium-size ship is silhouetted against the setting sun somewhere in the Caribbean. A flock of birds flies in its wake. The photo was taken during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba, evidently from the Williamsburg. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A ramp used for access to a ship docked at a Naval base somewhere in the Caribbean. The photo was taken during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Two large ships are silhouetted against the setting sun as they cruise on the Caribbean Sea. The photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4z5 negative.

A large naval vessel weighs anchor at a port on an unidentified island in the Caribbean. The photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

View of a large ship sailing the Caribbean taken from the deck of another ship during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Cuba. The ships possibly are the Williamsburg and the USS Greenwich Bay. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

View of a ship in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

View of a ship in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

View of ships in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. This photo was taken by Vernice Anderson when she traveled with Ambassador Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

View of the wreckage of the USS Arizona, a naval vessel that sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. This photo was taken aboard the cruise liner SS President Cleveland, while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.