Submarines (Ships)

Postcard of French and German U-boats. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

U-boat in harbor in France. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

View of the crowd at the keel-laying ceremonies for the first atomic powered submarine, the U.S.S. Nautilus. President Harry S. Truman (not in picture) attended the event.

President Harry S. Truman (center) at the keel laying ceremony for the U.S.S. Nautilus, the first atomic powered submarine.

President Truman is shown in the conning tower of the U. S. S. Tusk submarine. Admiral William D. Leahy is at right.

President Harry S. Truman and Admiral Aubrey Fitch are piped aboard the submarine U. S. S. Tusk at the Naval Academy. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Shown aboard the U.S.S. Tusk, a submarine at the Naval Academy, left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, Fleet Admiral William Leahy; and General Harry Vaughan. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Admiral William Leahy (seated on stairs) are shown aboard the U.S.S. Tusk. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.

President Harry S. Truman and Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch are shown in the conning tower of the U. S. S. Tusk, submarine at the Naval Academy. From the album, Visit of President Truman to the U.S. Naval Academy.