Ships

Marines are inspected aboard the USS Canberra while docked in New York. All are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks Aboard USS Canberra, left, stands next to an unknown man.

An evening view of the ships in the harbor near the Naval base in Key West Florida. The original jacket for the negative contains the following technical information on how Mr. Begley took the photo: "Open between f:8 & f:ll, then flashed with 1 #5 to show running light's pattern." From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives, 4 X 5 negatives.

View from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester approaches. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The USS Manchester was traveling at full speed, as shown by the wake, as it was leaving Communist Korea after ten months at sea. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief.

Original caption: At 18:31 the USS Manchester fires their last rounds in support of the front line troops on shore in Korea.

Crew members of the USS Manchester wrote messages to USS Los Angeles on the metal exterior of the ship. Message reads "Choice Real Estate/ Kalma Gak/ Hodo Pando / 5 acres - 500 rds." Original caption: Two forts which frequently had us under fire - Kalma Gak and Hodo Pando.

Seven unknown Japanese women in traditional kimonos stand underneath the blistered guns aboard the USS Manchester with members of the Manchester crew in Yokosuka, Japan. All sailors are unidentified.

The view from the USS Los Angeles as the USS Manchester passes. Manchester crew wrote messages to the Los Angeles in white paint on the ships side. Crew members from both ships were alongside their decks to greet each other. The Los Angeles was the Manchester's relief in Korea.

View of Korea from the USS Manchester with its guns pointed to shore. Image was taken from bridge area of the Manchester.

Captain Lewis S. Parks is presented a knot board from the USS Manchester boatswain gang while in harbor at Yokosuka, Japan. All others are unidentified.