Sailors

Unknown officers are aboard a ship greeting guests for a naval ceremony.

Unknown naval officers are aboard a ship greeting guests and each other for a naval ceremony.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (foreground, right) greets guests for a naval ceremony as they board a ship. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks attends a ceremony on board a ship. Parks is pictured center. All others in photo are unknown.

Rear Admiral Lewis Parks attends a memorial service in honor of the men that died from the USS Essex during the Battle of Valparaiso in 1814. From left, Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, United States Ambassador Cecil Lyon, and Rear Admiral Jorge Escobedo Diaz. All others pictured are unidentified.

The United States Ambassador to Chile, Cecil Lyon, stands at the podium and speaks in honor of the men that died from the USS Essex during the Battle of Valparaiso in 1814. Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks is pictured third from left. All others are unidentified.

Vice Admiral Charles R. Brown is seated in the basket of a highline as he departed and arrived to the USS Wisconsin. He came aboard for an official visit. Brown was Commander of the 6th Fleet. All others are unidentified.

An older man wearing a hat from the USS Newport News looks at a young man wearing an officer's hat. They are in the control room of a ship.

Three older unknown men wearing USS Newport News hats look down at a table with a large piece of paper, presumably a map, with an unknown United States Navy sailor.

Four men wearing coats and hats from the USS Newport News stand in a control room and listen to an unknown man in a white shirt talk.