Herbert Hoover
Voyages
Purchased by the Department of Commerce
On 24 March 1931 the U.S. Department of Commerce bought the yacht from William H. Dunning for roughly $40,000. Officially she served as a decoy vessel…
President Hoover sails for Cape Henry, Virginia
President Hoover left Washington on 25 April 1931 aboard Sequoia for Cape Henry, Virginia. On 26 April he attended ceremonies there marking the 324th…
President Hoover's voyages aboard Sequoia
Four voyages are documented during the Hoover administration, mixing presidential business with the fishing trips Hoover prized. Sequoia thus became a…
President Hoover's fishing trip down Chesapeake Bay
On 14 August 1932 President Hoover left for the Navy Yard to board Sequoia for a fishing trip down Chesapeake Bay. The President's Calendar records hi…
The Hoovers' Georgia and Florida fishing trip, December 1932
In December 1932, after losing the election, President and Mrs. Hoover spent ten days aboard Sequoia fishing along the coasts of Georgia and Florida,…