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USS Sequoia (AG-23)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Romeo - Lima
 NURL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
  • Wooden yacht built in 1925-26 at Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Purchased by the Commerce Department, 24 March 1931, for service as a fisheries patrol vessel
  • Acquired by the Navy, for use as a Presidential Yacht
  • Commissioned, USS Sequoia (AG-23), 25 March 1933
  • Decommissioned, 16 November 1933, and placed in service
  • Recommissioned, 1 April 1935
  • Decommissioned, 27 July 1935, and placed in service
  • Recommissioned, 1 August 1935
  • Decommissioned, 9 December 1935
  • Assigned as the Secretary of the Navy's Yacht in March 1936
  • Placed out of service in 1977
  • Sold, 1 June 1977, by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
  • Fully restored by Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. (NORSHIPCO), Norfolk, VA.
  • Current Disposition, operating on the Potomac River
    Specifications:
    Displacement 90 t.(lt) 105 t.(fl)
    Length 104'
    Beam 18' 2"
    Draft 4' 6"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 10
    Propulsion
    two Winston 6-138 Diesel engines
    Ship's Service Generators
    one Diesel-drive 5Kw 120V D.C.
    one Diesel-drive 10Kw 120V D.C.
    two propeller 400shp
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    MY Sequoia II
    Sequoia 128k MY Sequoia II underway probably shown after completing construction in 1926. The image possibly from a yachting magazine, is captioned with the original name of the vessel Sequoia II.
    US Navy photo # NR&L(M) 22931 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Sequoia (AG-23)
    Sequoia 267k USS Sequoia (AG-23) being fitted out at Washington for use by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 5 April 1933.
    International News Photo.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Sequoia 103k USS Sequoia (AG-23) off Washington, D.C., in 1938 (possibly 25 May).
    US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, photo # 19-N-18834, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sequoia 79k USS Sequoia (AG-23) underway on the Potomac River, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Haze Gray & Underway Web Site
    Sequoia 29k USS Sequoia (AG-23) underway on the Potomac River, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Sequoia 129k USS Sequoia (AG-23) underway on the Anacostia River off Washington, D.C., 17 November 1960. By this time the mast had been moved forward, the stack had acquired a shallow cap, the boat stowage had been modified, and the deckhouse had been extended aft.
    US Navy photo # KN-1130 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.    		 Robert Hurst
    Sequoia (AG-23)
    Sequoia 188k Sequoia passing in review, 4 July 1986, during the International Naval Review at New York City celebrating the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. She has been carefully restored to the configuration she had in the 1950s and 1960s.
    Defense Imagery photo # DN-ST-87 02477.    		 Robert Hurst
    MY Sequoia II
    Sequoia 83k Restored ex-USS Sequoia (AG-23) at her pier in the Washington Channel across from East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., October 17, 2004. Photo by Ramon Jackson
    USS Sequoia (AG-23)
    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Blue, John Stuart Blue (25)25 March 1933 - 16 November 1933
    02CDR. Combe, Andrew John (NG)16 November 1933 - ?
     Decommissioned25 March 1933 - 9 December 1935
     CDR. Rosemont, Robert Kent (NG)no dates
     LCDR. Campbell Jr., Robert Lord :RADMJune 1936 - September 1937
     LT. Rice, Robert Henry :VADM1939 - ?
     CDR. Conner, Terrell Hoyt Wilhelm? - 1952
     LCDR. Meanix Jr., William HenrySeptember 1954 - ?
     LCDR. Bowling, Roland Alfred (46)1957 - ?
     CDR. Meek, Donald BagnallOctober 1959 - July 1962
     LCDR. Ismay, Arthur PeterJuly 1962 - June 1964
     CDR. Beasley, Charles JahnsJune 1964 - ?
     LCDR. Beliech, Jr., Dewey Eldridge (68) 1975 - 19 May 1977
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Presidential Yachts
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