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CRUISING WITH THE PRESIDENT - USS Potomac
CRUISING WITH THE PRESIDENT An Annotated Chronology of Franklin s Cruises During the Potomac Years Prepared for the Potomac Association By Les Dropkin March 2001 1 CONTENTS CRUISING WITH THE PRESIDENT .. 2 THE CRUISES 1936 .. 4 1937 .. 10 1938 .. 20 1939 .. 26 1940 .. 32 1941 .. 42 POSTSCRIPT: 1942 1945 .. 46 APPENDIX CRUISE LIST OF PERSONS .. 47 2 CRUISING With The PRESIDENT When the Sequoia was replaced by the Potomac as the presidential yacht on March 2, 1936, PRESIDENT Roosevelt and those around him could rest more easily. A ship with a wooden hull had been replaced by one with a steel hull thereby reducing the fire hazard; a ship with a gas engine had been replaced by one with a diesel engine a much more efficient and safer propulsion system; and a ship in which he had to be carried from one deck to another had been replaced by one with an elevator giving him a much desired fr
2 Cruising With The President When the Sequoia was replaced by the Potomac as the presidential yacht on March 2, 1936, President Roosevelt and those around him could
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