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Harry Hopkins Onboard with FDR
Personal Advisor to FDR for the Great Depression and World War II (1912 Class President Grinnell College) Next after FDR and his “little dog Fala,” the USS Potomac passenger with the most nautical miles was likely Harry L. Hopkins, the president’s valued...
Founding the United Nations in San Francisco
Founding the United Nations in San FranciscoEighty years ago on June 25, 1945, the Charter of the United Nations was adopted unanimously in the San Francisco Opera House and signed the following day at Herbst Theatre Auditorium in the Veterans War Memorial Building. ...
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...