USS WILLIAMSBURG (AGC_369) CRUISES ON THE POTOMAC Part 3

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MS Looking toward the bow of the WILLIAMSBURG (AGC-369): Personnel standing on the forecastle.MS WILLIAMSBURG passes through So. Capitol Bridge drawl.MS Looking up to the bridge of the WILLIAMSBURG.MLS WILLIAMSBURG passes in front of NPC.MS WILLIAMSBURG passing NAS, ANACOSTIA.MLS Wilson Line ferry (excursion liner) passing to port of the WILLIAMSBURGCU Presidential seal on the side of a motor whale boat.CU Presidential seal.LS PCER-851 alongside pier; NRL in BG.LA CU Ship's bell and life buoys aboard the WILLIAMSBURG.MS Soldier playing a guitar in the lounge of the WILLIAMSBURG.CU Korean veterans<*> eating sandwiches in easy chairs on WILLIAMSBURG.MS Soldier playing a guitar in the lounge of the WILLIAMSBURG; Navy enlisted man comes into the pictuce.MS Pvt Folley J. FAWVER (USA); other men are:QUALITYDaniel Clarke (Ohio) Edward Benway (Schnectady, N.Y.) Eugene TAYLOR (Chipley, Fla.) SHERMAN HYATT(Johnson City, Tenn.), JOHN BLAIR, (Roswell, N.M.) B.M.EDWARDS (High Point, N.C.) A woman is playing piano in this shot.MS M/SGT SIDNEY ALBERT (Vista, Calif.) being served a drink by MANALO DANNY, Chief Mess Steward.MS Veterans lounging on the fantail of the WILLIAMSBURG (SV).MCU Wheelhouse aboard the WILLIAMSBURG (D.L.Tucker, SN, at the wheel; (J.R. JEWELLT, SN, Helmsman).MS CDR J.T.BURKE (CO) on the flying bridge of the WILLIAMSBURG, talking to LTCOL H.H.TARSON, USAF.MS Navigator (LCDR W.A.ROBIE) assisted by J.A.HYMAN, QM, on navigation bridge of the WILLIAMSBURGCU Same.HA MS Motor whaleboat drill.CU Crew member of the life-boat drill lowering the boat to the water.MLS Motor whaleboat approaching the WILLIAMSBURG; signalman in bow of whaleboat signalling with semaphore.MCU Whaleboat approaches the forward k; falls alongside the WILLIAMSBURG.MS Whaleboat being hoisted aboard the WILLIAMSBURG; LT W.C.SLYE, OOD in FG. Interior shot of the Pres. cabin; two Chief Stewards going around and wiping the dust off of things.MS Chief Stevard inspecting the Presidental cabin.MCU Chief steward pointing to a map on bulkhead.CU The original French map of the WILLIAMSBURG.CU Engineers aboard the WILLIAMSBURG operating steamcontrol levers.CU Engine room telegraph.MS Engineers taking notes in front of the gauge panel in the engine room.MS Officer and enlisted engineer making notes on the gauge panel.MS Navy enlisted men and an officer adjusting the valve tappets on engine.CU Box lunches being prepared in the galley of the WILL WILLIAMSBURG for the Korean veterans.MS Through a life preserver on the WILLIAMSBURG: The crew rendering honors to USS SEQUOIA (AG-23), Secretary of the Navy's yacht.MS Korean veterans on the fantail of the WILLIAMSBURG eating chow.LA MS One of the crew members of the WILLIAMSBURG striking the ship's bell.CU The ship's bell.LA MS LT SLYE & CO of the WILLIAMSBURG on the navigationbridge.MLS Shot from the forecastle of the WILLIAMSBURG looking aft: Several Korean veterans on the weather deck; LT SLYE and CO on the flying bridge.See also Nos. 240, 647, 995/9930 and 9999.Other military personnel not named above are: Pvt RICHARD J. CSASZAR (USA);CPL GEORGE MOMAN; LT H.L.MATHEWS (USN); W.A.BRAASTAD, EN1;S.J.LAUNT, FN; J.P.PESAVENTO, FN; R.R.SHLELDS, EN1;C.HALLETT, FN; D.BREKKE, HM3; CHIEF MANAIO DANNY; LT J.L.CULBREATH, MRS. LELIA M. NEUMAN of the Prince George County Chapter is the Red, Cross representative present.<*>PRESIDENT TRUMAN used the WILLIAMSBURG as a Presidential yacht. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, early in his administration, authorized the discontinuance of such a yacht, since he takes his recreation in other ways. By special arrangement and with the sponsorship of the American Red Cross, a series of tours on the WILLIAMSBURG were arranged for wounded veterans in the Washington, D. C. area, before the vessel should be moth-balled or have other service.

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities