Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21128
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch from the deck of the command cruiser USS Northampton (CC-1) as participating ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet pass in review, at sea off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. (L-R) Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara (wearing binoculars); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr. (in back, mostly hidden); unidentified United States Navy admiral (in back); President Kennedy; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); and unidentified.