Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-23243
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) climbs a ladder to board the United States Coast Guard boat "Guardian II" (officially designated as PT-809), from the Coast Guard utility boat "Horsewhip II" (CG-40590, in the water at left), off the coast of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Also pictured: Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. "Red" Fay (standing aboard the "Horsewhip II", holding ladder); others are unidentified.