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USS Potomac Passenger With Most On-board Miles (Franklin D. Roosevelt excepted)
Murray the Outlaw of FalahillFALAApril 17, 1940 – April 5, 1952Sources: Fala Biography - FDR Library & Museum, Hyde Park; US Navy Ship Logs USS Potomac (AG25) Fala was President Roosevelt’s usual companion on his many cruises on the USS Potomac, including in...
FDR’s Texas Fishing Trip – May 1937
USS POTOMAC MINI-HISTORY BY WALTER ABERNATHY FDR’s Texas Fishing Trip - May 1937 After dinner on April 27, 1937, FDR left the White House to overnight on his special train en route to New Orleans and a rendezvous with his Presidential Yacht USS Potomac. The train...
Historic USS Potomac Launches a Maritime Workforce Development Project with West Oakland Job Resource Center, thanks to $430,000 in Grant Funding
New collaboration marks increased economicefforts to support the local maritime industry, in the spirit of Franklin D. Roosevelt OAKLAND, August 31, 2024 - With the help of a $430,000 combined grant from the state of California, the USS Potomac Association, which owns...