Shipyards

Jane Tunstall Lingo (left) and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly (right) on the podium with Margaret Truman (center) while she breaks the champagne bottle against the bow of the USS Missouri during its christening ceremonies.

The christening and launching ceremonies for the USS Missouri drew a large crowd.

The USS Missouri being launched after the christening ceremonies.

Margaret Truman (right) just before breaking the champagne bottle against the USS Missouri during the christening ceremonies.

From left to right, Senator Harry S. Truman, daughter Margaret Truman, wife Bess Truman, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly at the christening and launching of the battleship USS Missouri.

This is a view of a shipyard in post-war Japan. Image taken by John Brannon who was a defense attorney for the International Military Tribunal of the Far East who represented Japanese war criminals in Tokyo, Japan.

This is a view of the shipyard and port in Genoa, Italy in 1958.

This is a view of a shipyard in Genoa, Italy.

Secretary of the U.S. Navy Francis P. Matthews is shown on the right and Rear Admiral Leo Hewlett Thebaud, Commandant of the First Naval District, is at salute beside him. They are responding to military honors rendered by the Boston Naval Base Band. Secretary Matthews is on a visit to the Boston Naval Shipyard. Part of a Marine Corp. detachment are also in view.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews, second from the left, is shown inspecting the historic frigate USS Constitution during a visit to the Boston Naval Yard. Rear Admiral Leo H. Thebaud is standing third from the right. Others in view are not identified.