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Photo #: NH 68056 USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Henry Kent Hewitt, USN, (left), hears "Davy Jones" read the message from "King Neptune", as the ship crosses the Equator in late November 1936. She was then conveying President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party on a "Good Neighbor" cruise to South America. Commander Oscar C. Badger is looking on, at right. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, collection of Rear Admiral Paul H. Bastedo, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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31 December 1998