Potomac (AG-25) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Potomac (AG-25) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 13 April 1936 soon after conversion from a Coast Guard cutter to a Presidential yacht. Photo No. NH 42660, may also be in the National Archives as 19-N-15415 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Potomac (AG-25) Underway on 9 June 1939 with President F. D. Roosevelt and King George VI and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom embarked during a royal visit to Washington, D.C. Note the flag of the British royalty on the foremast and the Presidential flag at the main top. Note also that the mainmast has been moved forward since the ship's 1936 conversion. Photo No. NR&L(M) 24730 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Potomac (AG-25) Underway on 9 June 1939 with President F. D. Roosevelt and King George VI and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom embarked during a royal visit to Washington, D.C. Note the flag of the British royalty on the foremast and the Presidential flag at the main top. Photo No. NR&L(M) 24731 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Potomac (AG-25) At the Washington Navy Yard in July 1939. USS Sequoia (AG-23) is on the left. Today (2009) the long building behind the ship's bow houses the U. S. Navy Museum. Photo No. NR&L(M) 24753 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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