The Snapshots in Time Collection
Harbor View with Moored Sailing/Training Ship, Likely Rio de Janeiro – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) Cruise Album
A harbor view likely photographed during USS Franklin D. Roosevelt's (CVB-42) 1946 midshipman training cruise to South America. A three-masted sailing ship rests at the quay while the city's skyline — including a landmark Art Deco tower reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro's waterfront — rises behind it, capturing a moment of goodwill diplomacy in the early postwar U.S. Navy. Project: 218371