World / USA / California / Alameda, 3 km from center Coordinates: 37°47'43"N   122°16'48"W

USS Potomac - FDR's Floating White House



The USS Potomac was built in 1934 as the Coast Guard cutter Electra. The 165-foot vessel, weighing 376 gross tons and cruising at speeds of 10 to 13 knots, was commissioned as a U.S. Navy vessel in 1936, renamed the USS Potomac, and served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht until his death in 1945. As former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, FDR had a deep love of the sea and the Navy tradition. He hated to fly and preferred to travel by train or ship throughout his presidency.
Coordinates given in Wikipedia is wrong. It points to Benicia Arsenal.

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