Aircraft carriers

Aircraft carrier at sea. No identification of the carrier.

Dr. Roy V. Peel is standing on board the aircraft carrier USS Essex, holding a pair of binoculars.

Dr. Roy V. Peel (second from right) is standing on board the USS Essex in front of an airplane. The others with him are unidentified.

This is a photograph of the aircraft carrier USS Essex at sea.

President Harry S. Truman speaking from the flight deck of the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, commissioning the 45,000 ton aircraft carrier at the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. President Truman is in the area for Navy Day ceremonies. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 1.

Two sailors stand at the railing of a ship, watching the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Leyte at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. The picture was taken during President Harry S. Truman's vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A lone sailor salutes an aircraft carrier, the U.S.S Leyte, at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, taken during President Harry S. Truman's vacation at Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Partial view of a United States Naval aircraft carrier, possibly anchored near a port. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.

Partial view of the flight deck on a United States aircraft carrier. U.S. military jet airplanes and flight deck crew are in view. Location is not given but possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as they observed naval exercises of the Eighth Fleet off the Virginia Capes. From left to right; unidentified naval officer; unidentified man; Captain Clark Clifford; Admiral William Leahy; Press Secretary Charles Ross; Colonel Wallace Graham; Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal; William D. Hassett; President Harry S. Truman; Edwin Locke; John R. Steelman; Colonel Harry Vaughan; and unidentified man.