Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo measuring 8¼ x 7¼ inches overall and mounted on black archival paper. The original caption is separate from the photograph. This image shows the battleship USS Missouri departing the Norfolk Naval Station as Navy tugs pull the 45,000-ton battleship away from the pier en route to Rio de Janeiro. President Harry S. Truman was scheduled to board the famed battleship for his return voyage to the United States following his official visit to Brazil. A historic postwar U.S. Navy image. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
