Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28962
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) shakes hands with Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr., upon his arrival aboard the USS Kitty Hawk, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith, stands at center, right of President Kennedy; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth, stands at far left. [Notes: Discoloration at center of image is original to the negative.]