Ships

The escort ship Lenore is detached from the U.S.S. Williamsburg. This is the same as 66-841. From: Album, gift from Admiral Robert Dennison.

U.S.S. Greenwich Bay at anchor in the Virgin Islands. From: Album from Capt. Robert L. Dennison, USN.

Arriving at South Hampton, England, to begin a tour of Europe, Margaret Truman, holding a bouquet of roses, poses on the deck of the ocean liner "SS United States." (See also 74-0601, 0602 and 0603.) From: Lani Richter.

Historic photo of the USS Augusta as it sailed into San Juan, Puerto Rico. The ship was on its way to rendezvous with the USS Quincy, which was carrying President Roosevelt home from the conference in Yalta. From: W.A. Ramay.

Overview photo of the maiden voyage of the S.S. Flanders (largest passenger vessel built by France since World War II), New York Harbor. J. Thomas Schneider (not pictured) made the welcoming remarks in Secretary Charles Sawyer's absence.

Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer poses on a ship during his trip to Hawaii.

Dean Acheson in full-length walking pose, appears on deck of a ship (Cunard White Star) in this candid pose.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson is surrounded by reporters aboard the liner Independence as he gives a brief report on the conferences he attended during his six weeks abroad.

Chatting aboard the liner Independence as it docks in New York, are Left to Right: Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan and Senator Alexander Wiley (R. Wisc.). After debarking Secretary Acheson left at once for Washington to give President Truman a report of his talks in Europe.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson speaks to reporters as he arrives in New York aboard the liner Independence. While abroad, Mr. Acheson attended the United Nations General Assembly in Paris and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in Rome.