Battleships

The USS Missouri being launched.

Souvenir pamphlet from the USS Missouri giving information about the ship.

Margaret Truman breaks a bottle of champagne during christening and launching ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on platform, from left to right: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly.

View of christening and launching ceremonies for the USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on the platform, from left to right are: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly. Standing in front of the platform are Senator Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Drucie Snyder.

View of the launching of the USS Missouri from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, after christening ceremonies.

Margaret Truman prepares to break a champagne bottle on the bow of the USS Missouri to christen it during a ceremony at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right: Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, Senator Harry S. Truman (partially obscured), and Margaret Truman.

The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman (with a bouquet of flowers), Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy.

This photograph depicts a painting of the USS Missouri by Paul Strayer on display at the Harry S. Truman Library. This painting is in the museum collection of the Truman Library.

Jets in formation fly over the USS Boston. During the International Naval Review held at Norfolk, Virginia.

USS Canberra leads the International Naval Review as the reviewing ship. Seventeen navies from around the world joined the United States Atlantic Fleet for the International Naval Review held at Norfolk, Virginia.