Ships

German U-Boat equipment from Nazi submarine captured off the Atlantic coast by the Coast Guard cutter U.S.S. Icarus.

A U-Boat Commander and an officer captured by the U.S.S. Icarus served an officer mess in confinement. These are the surviving officers of the contingent of 33 captives, the first prisoners to be taken in the submarine warfare on the Atlantic Coast.

Two captured Nazi officers aboard the U.S.S. Icarus off Charleston, South Carolina. They are from a captured submarine. From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.

Adm. Sidney W. Souers (center) with captured Nazi officer aboard the U.S.S. Icarus.

Adm. Sidney W. Souers and other officers question a captured Nazi officer on the U.S.S. Icarus. Adm. Souers is at the far right and the Nazi officer at far left.

A captured German Nazi officer aboard the U.S.S. Icarus off Charleston, South Carolina. From: Sidney W. Souers Papers.

Admiral Sidney W. Souers (right) with officers and two captured Nazi officers aboard the Coast Guard cutter U.S.S. Icarus off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.

The crew of the Coast Guard cutter, U.S.S. Icarus, on the deck of their ship, is credited with forcing an enemy submarine to the surface with depth charges and then taking prisoners of the Nazi crew.

Officers of the U.S.S. Icarus, the Coast Guard cutter that captured a German submarine off the Atlantic coast are shown in Charleston, South Carolina.

Former President Harry S. Truman and former First Lady Bess Truman seated on a couch on board the boat Intrepid. The family was in Key West, Florida on a trip. These photos were found in the right hand drawer of the credenza in the former President's desk.