Sailors

Two unknown older men wearing hats from the USS Newport News talk to two younger officers in what appears to be a ship's control room.

Two older men wearing hats from the USS Newport News stand next to a younger man, presumably from a ship's crew and look at an instrument in a control room of a ship.

Last minute escape from vessel torpedoed by German submarine. One of the most remarkable photographs ever taken depicting the last moments of a torpedoed vessel. The vessel has already sunk its bow into the waves, and her stern is slowly lifting out of the water. Men can be seem sliding down ropes as the last boat is pulling away. The splash of one of the men dropping into the sea can be seen to the left foreground. Donor: Frank Freidel, who obtained these photographs from the National Archives.

An unidentified Japanese Rear Admiral salutes as he boards a ship. Other unidentified sailors are present.

The Kamakura Daibutsu , a statue of Buddha, cast in bronze in 1252 A.D. is located at the Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan. The sailor standing in front of the statue is unidentified.

Freeman Fraser, an American sailor, stands besides a scenic outlook of a lake and mountains near Hakone, Japan.

A United States sailor, left, stands beside a car and watches as a Japanese man makes traditional tatami grass mats.

Sailors are inspected during a ceremony for changing of commanding officers aboard the USS Manchester. Captain Lewis Parks (center, right) hands over duty to Captain Laurence Frost (center foreground, left). All others are unidentified.

Sailors are standing during a ceremony for the changing of commanding officers aboard the USS Manchester. Captain Lewis Parks hands over duty to Captain Laurence Frost. All are unidentified.

Captain Laurence Frost (foreground, center) takes command of the USS Manchester during a ceremony aboard the ship. He is reviewing sailors standing at attention. Behind him is Captain Lewis Parks (center, third from the front). All others are unidentified.