Ships

President Harry S. Truman (center) being saluted by Naval personnel while aboard the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, flagship of the U.S. Navy 6th Fleet, during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

From left to right, an unidentified man, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and President Harry S. Truman watching fleet maneuvers from aboard the U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt during a set of fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

Judge Harry S. Truman at the helm of the U.S.S. Paducah. The picture appeared in an article in the Washington Post. Truman was taking a cruise with the Eighth Naval Reserve Battalion. Truman left Kansas City by train and boarded the U.S.S. Paducah in Chicago and sailed on the Great Lakes for two weeks.

English ships escort the U. S. S. Augusta across the English channel on its way to Antwerp, Belgium. President Harry S. Truman is on board, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Units of the British fleet escort the U. S. S. Augusta, carrying President Harry S. Truman to the Big Three meeting, across the English channel. In this picture, taken from the U. S. S. Philadelphia, the British vessels (right) have turned around and are taking their leave of the U. S. S. Augusta, which is under the wing of the seaplane. They are at sea off Antwerp, Belgium. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, wife of the U. S. Ambassador to Belgium, leaves the U. S. S. Augusta after paying her respects to President Harry S. Truman. President Truman has just arrived in Antwerp, Belgium en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Others are unidentified. From Potsdam album, 1945.

Units of the British fleet escort the U. S. S. Augusta (left), carrying President Harry S. Truman to the Potsdam Conference, across the English channel as the Augusta nears Antwerp, Belgium. From Potsdam album, 1945.

A unit of the British fleet escorts the U. S. S. Augusta across the English channel. President Harry S. Truman in on board the U. S. S. Augusta, en route to the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman receives a salute from the officers and men of the U. S. S. Augusta as he debarks at the port of Antwerp. He is en route to the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Potsdam album, 1945.

An aerial view of the USS Augusta, carrying President Harry S. Truman to Antwerp, Belgium for the Potsdam Conference. From Potsdam album, 1945.