Philadelphia underwent overhaul at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and then refresher training in the West Indies , returning to Norfolk , Virginia on 4 June 1945 . She steamed for Antwerp , Belgium on 7 July , acting as escort for which had embarked President Harry S. Truman and his party , including Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy . Arriving Antwerp on 15 July , the President departed '' Augusta '' and was flown to the Potsdam Conference . Before the conference ended , '' Philadelphia '' proceeded to Plymouth , England to await return of the President
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
USS Philadelphia (CL-41)