Boats and boating

Group of people on deck of Hitler's yacht, during visit to Europe. From left to right: unidentified soldier; Colonel Leicherie; Ralph T. Zook; Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; and Gordon Sessions. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Members of petroleum group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group sitting around table on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Ralph K. Davies; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Ralph T. Zook; and Captain A. F. Story. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Stanley Richardson, traveling with a group that appears to have business in Europe regarding petroleum, on Hitler's yacht. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group of people on Hitler's yacht, during visit to Germany. From left to right: Elaine Owens; Ellen Downes (half blocked); Secretary Harold L. Ickes; and Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Dining room on Hitler's yacht. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

View of Hitler's yacht at Wiesbaden. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Yacht presented to Hitler by city of Cologne and captured intact by the U.S. Army on the Rhine at Wiesbaden. Unidentified soldiers standing on deck.

President Harry S. Truman on the South Quay Wall near the bow of the U.S.S. Williamsburg awaiting the return of Mr. William D. Hassett's and Commander Horace D. Warden's fishing party, arriving in the picket boat. Lieutenant Hoye D. Moore, back to camera, is talking to Commander Warden (cap) and Mr. Hassett (obscured by Moore) who are still on the picket boat. Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison is talking to President Truman (in white cap and colorful shirt). Ms. Margaret Truman is cranking up her Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 for some 1-minute pictures. From: Robert L. Dennison.