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Photo # SC 114847:  Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, while disembarking from USS Tuscaloosa in the Panama Canal Zone, 18 February 1940

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Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, (1890-1942)
-- Informal views as Naval Aide to President Roosevelt, 1938-1940


This page features, and provides links to, informal views that include Captain Daniel J. Callaghan during 1938-1940, while he was serving as Naval Aide to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

For more views showing Captain Callaghan during this time, see:

  • Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN -- Informal views as Naval Aide to President Roosevelt, 1938-1940 (Part II).

    For additional images concerning Daniel J. Callaghan, see:

  • Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, (1890-1942).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 93360

    U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt


    With Catholic Church Cardinal George Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, on board USS Potomac (AG-25) at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., 27 October 1938.
    The President's Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, is at left. At right is Colonel Edwin M. Watson, the President's Military Aide.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86252

    U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt


    Waves from the "01" Level of USS Houston (CA-30), circa 1938-1939. Officers to his left are (from right to left):
    Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN;
    Colonel Edwin M. Watson, USA; and
    Captain Ross T. McIntire, USN, (MC)

    President Roosevelt has inscribed this photograph to Captain George N. Barker, USN, Houston's Commanding Officer.

    Courtesy of Captain Jonathan A. Barker, USN, (Retired), 1978.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 51KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: SC 114847

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt


    And his Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, taking the salute of a composite Battalion of the 14th Infantry at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal Zone, as they were disembarking from USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) on 18 February 1940.

    Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

    Online Image: 119KB; 590 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

     
    Photo #: NH 50853

    USS Tuscaloosa
    (CA-37)

    Divine Services on the ship's well-deck during the 1940 Presidential Cruise.
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt is in the left foreground, 4th from left in the first row. Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire, USN, (MC), is at lower left, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, (President's Naval Aide), is next to McIntire.
    Note whaleboat on hoist in background, and detail of catapult silo at right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50787

    USS Tuscaloosa
    (CA-37)

    View taken on board ship showing Sir. H. B. Popham shaking hands with Captain Lee P. Johnson, USN, of the Tuscaloosa. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, looks on in the right-center. View taken during the Presidential Cruise, 1940.
    Note the Marine Honor Guard in the background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50854

    USS Tuscaloosa
    (CA-37)

    The British Governor of Jamaica, Sir Arthur Richards (center), saying goodbye to the Commanding Officer of USS Tuscaloosa, Captain Lee P. Johnson, USN, (saluting in left center), during the 1940 Presidential cruise.
    Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval Aide, is between them.
    Note the Marine Honor Guard in the background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 96322

    Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia


    President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives to inspect defense work in progress, 29 July 1940.
    Beside him is his Naval Aide, Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN. USS Potomac (AG-25) is behind the President.

    Copied from "History of the Norfolk Navy Yard in World War II", page 70.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    For more views showing Captain Callaghan during this time, see:

  • Captain Daniel J. Callaghan, USN -- Informal views as Naval Aide to President Roosevelt, 1938-1940 (Part II).

    For additional images concerning Daniel J. Callaghan, see:

  • Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, (1890-1942).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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