USS Potomac (AG-25)
USS Potomac at Oakland, California | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Electra |
| Builder | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin |
| Laid down | 5 March 1934 |
| Launched | 30 June 1934 |
| Commissioned | 25 October 1934 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to the Navy, 8 November 1935 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Potomac |
| Namesake | Potomac River |
| Acquired | 8 November 1935 |
| Commissioned | 1936 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1945 |
| Renamed | Potomac, 30 January 1936 |
| Reclassified | AG-25, 11 November 1935 |
| Stricken | 25 February 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to the Coast Guard, 23 November 1945 |
| Status | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Thetis-class patrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 45 |
| Armament | 1 × 3"/23 caliber gun |
USS Potomac | |
| Location | Jack London Square, Oakland, California |
| Coordinates | 37°47′43″N 122°16′48.4″W / 37.79528°N 122.280111°W |
| Built | 1934 |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000068 |
| ODL No. | 95 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 20 February 1987 |
| Designated NHL | 14 December 1990 |
| Designated ODL | 1985 |
USS Potomac (AG-25), formerly USCGC Electra, was Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945. On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy role while Roosevelt held a secret conference to develop the Atlantic Charter.
USS Potomac and USS Sequoia are the last two existing U.S. presidential yachts, after USS Williamsburg was scrapped in January 2016. Potomac is now preserved in Oakland, California, as a National Historic Landmark and the only presidential yacht open to the public.