U.S. Navy sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) crowd a small ferry alongside a South American harbor quay, likely during the carrier's 1947 midshipman training cruise to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Such 'goodwill' port calls, common in the immediate postwar years, allowed the U.S. Navy to project its power and train the next generation of officers while strengthening diplomatic ties with allied nations in the Western Hemisphere. The moored vessel 'Farrapo' and the harborside warehouses reflect the bustling commercial waterfront typical of a major Brazilian port in the late 1940s. Project: 218371