Photo #: NH 44522
USS Cimarron (AO-22)
King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, leaving the ship after a visit
on board, probably near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, circa 1947.
Following the King are Mohamed Effendi (interpreter), J. MacPherson
(General Manager, Arabian-American Oil Company), unidentified
Saudi, J. Rives Childs (U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia), and Colonel
William McNown (Military Attache to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo,
Egypt).
Note the photographers and bodyguards standing in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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