Photos courtesy of Capt. Tom Ellsworth Copyright © 2003-2004 - All rights reserved. Do not reproduce. If anyone wants copies, please email Tom at tbells@cox.net.

Photo taken on the New Year's Eve 1939 voyage to South America.  Sophia Keeler (student at Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro) is on the far right.  James Belch is on her right, whose father is Captain Roger Belch (USN) Naval Attaché at the American Embassy in Rio.  James' brother, Keith, is in the back with his head down.  (Courtesy of Sophia Keeler Porson)

(Courtesy of Harold Vanderploeg.)

Christmas Package waiting to be opened on Christmas.