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USCGC Electra (WPC-187)
USS Potomac (AG-25)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Juliet - Papa
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Defense Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USCGC Electra (WPC-187) was transferred to the US Navy prior to WWII and renamed USS Potomac (AG-25)
165 foot B Class Coast Guard Cutter
  • Laid down, 5 March 1934, at Manitawoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitawoc, WI.
  • Launched, 30 June 1934
  • Delivered to the Coast Guard to enforce prohibition laws
  • Commissioned USCGC Electra (WPC-187), 25 October 1934
  • Acquired by the Navy. 8 November 1935, for use as a presidential yacht
  • Designated Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-25, 11 November 1935
  • Renamed Potomac, 30 January 1936
  • Commissioned USS Potomac (AG-25) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Lt. W. R. Jones in command
  • Decommissioned, 15 November 1945
  • Returned to the Coast Guard, 23 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946
  • Transferred in 1946 to the State of Maryland for service with the Tidewater Fisheries Commission
  • Resold to Warren G. Toone in April 1960 for service as a ferry boat between San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
  • Resold to Hydro Capital Co., refurbished, and used as a traveling historical museum of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era
  • Resold in January 1964 to Elvis Presley and given to St. Jude’s Hospital, Memphis, TN.
  • Resold (date unknown) and finally fully restored and docked at FDR Pier, Jack London Square, Oakland, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 370 t.(lt) 416 t.(fl)
    Length 165'
    Beam 23' 9"
    Draft 8' 1" (mean)
    Speed 13 kts
    Complement 45
    Armament none
    Propulsion two Winton Model 158 6 cylinder diesels, BHP - 1340shp, twin 3 blade propellers
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    USS Potomac (AG-25)
    Potomac 51k Potomac (AG-25) underway, date and location unknown. Hazegray & Underway
    Potomac 28k Potomac (AG-25) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Potomac 56k Potomac (AG-25) moored pierside, circa 1937, location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    View the National Historic Landmark - USS Potomac - Photo Collection of CAPT. Jack C. Goldthrope USCG Ret.
    View the Potomac (AG-25)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Presidential Yachts (I)
    Presidential Yachts (II)
    USS Potomac Association
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USCGC Electra WPC-187
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    Last Updated 7 December 2007