USS Potomac - Oakland, CA
Posted by: ucdvicky
N 37° 47.731 W 122° 16.792
10S E 563401 N 4183372
Elvis bought the Potomac in 1964.
Waymark Code: WM2ZQ3
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/16/2008
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A Timeline from Usspotomac.org (
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Jan 1964
Now docked at Long Beach, California, entertainer Elvis Presley buys the Potomac from Hydro Capital for $55,000. Presley offers it as a donation to the March of Dimes. Offer is refused due to expense to refit and maintain the vessel.
Apr 1964
Elvis Presley donated the Potomac to St. Jude Hospital of Memphis Tennessee.
Prior to Elvis' purchase, the Potomac was FDR's floating White House until 1945.