Timeline

Launch and christening as Sequoia II

Camden, New Jersey

The Cadwaladers cruise the Florida coast

Sold to William H. Dunning

Purchased by the Department of Commerce

President Hoover sails for Cape Henry, Virginia

Washington, D.C.

President Hoover's voyages aboard Sequoia

Washington, D.C.

President Hoover's fishing trip down Chesapeake Bay

Washington Navy Yard

The Hoovers' Georgia and Florida fishing trip, December 1932

Transferred to the Navy and commissioned USS Sequoia (AG-23)

Washington, D.C.

FDR's fifty-plus outings on the Potomac

Washington Navy Yard

FDR hosts British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald

Washington Navy Yard

An afternoon on the Potomac with family and friends

Washington Navy Yard

President Roosevelt at the New London boat races

New London, Connecticut

President Roosevelt's party boards Sequoia

Washington, D.C.

Return from Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg, Virginia

Eleanor Roosevelt aboard USS Sequoia

President Roosevelt joins Sequoia down river

Washington Navy Yard

To Jefferson Island with Vice President Garner

Annapolis, Maryland

Opening the Choptank River bridge at Cambridge, Maryland

Annapolis, Maryland

Decommissioned; reassigned to the Secretary of the Navy

Truman, Attlee, and Mackenzie King discuss control of atomic energy

Washington, D.C.

Eisenhower confers aboard with Nimitz, Spaatz and Montgomery

Washington, D.C.

Sequoia accompanies the presidential yacht Williamsburg

Off Blakiston Island, Potomac River

The Secretary of the Navy's yacht on the Anacostia River

Anacostia River, Washington, D.C.

The Joint Chiefs draft the 'Sequoia Report'

Washington, D.C.

Secretary of the Navy Anderson's staff party

Mamie Eisenhower and guests aboard Sequoia

Cuban Missile Crisis strategy meetings

Washington, D.C.

President Kennedy's 46th birthday cruise

Washington Navy Yard

The Kennedys' cancelled Sunday cruise

Washington, D.C.

President Johnson has FDR's elevator removed and a bar installed

Jacqueline Kennedy's evening aboard with the President's friends

Washington, D.C.

Memorial gathering for President Kennedy, May 1964

Washington, D.C.

Cruise for African ambassadors

Washington, D.C.

Dinner cruise for foreign ambassadors

Washington, D.C.

Dinner for ambassadors from several countries

Washington, D.C.

Boat ride and dinner with the Engelhards

Dinner with European ambassadors

Washington, D.C.

Cruise with foreign ambassadors

Re-designated the presidential yacht for the Nixon administration

Tricia Nixon's cruise with wounded servicemen

Anacostia Naval Station

President Nixon's evening cruise with C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and guests

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with his family, C. G. Rebozo and others

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's dinner cruise for Senators

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's evening cruise with Vice President Agnew, John N. Mitchell and others

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon meets the National Security Council's committee on Vietnam aboard Sequoia

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Pat Nixon hosts a children's youth group

Washington, D.C.

Tricia Nixon and the Summer in the Park children

Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Melvin Laird with nuns and children

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's evening cruise with John N. Mitchell and H. R. Haldeman

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's afternoon cruise with C. G. Rebozo

Mount Vernon, Virginia

President Nixon's cruise with John N. Mitchell, Henry Kissinger and C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's evening cruise with his family

Washington Navy Yard

Julie and David Eisenhower with military veterans

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's evening cruise with C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and guests

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Robert H. Finch, George P. Shultz and others

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon with supporters and industrial leaders

Washington Navy Yard

Prince Charles and Princess Anne aboard Sequoia

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Vice President Agnew, John N. Mitchell and others

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Robert H. Finch, George P. Shultz and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with the First Lady

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and guests

Washington Navy Yard

President Nixon's afternoon cruise with the First Lady and C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with John B. Connally, H. R. Haldeman and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with John B. Connally, George P. Shultz and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Children visit Sequoia at the Navy Yard

Washington Navy Yard, Pier 1

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, Charles W. Colson and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Pat Nixon with inner-city children

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's dinner cruise with John N. Mitchell, Billy Graham and others

Mount Vernon, Virginia

Judy Agnew entertains Japanese guests

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's dinner cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman and Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Henry Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady and Rose Mary Woods

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady and C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with John Cardinal Krol, William P. Rogers and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

The Coxes' first wedding anniversary dinner

Washington Navy Yard, Pier 1

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, Charles W. Colson and Richard M. Scammon

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Future Farmers of America aboard Sequoia

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, John N. Mitchell and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Robert H. Finch, Charles W. Colson and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, Leonard Garment and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family, Rose Mary Woods and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with H. R. Haldeman, Henry Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Changing of the guard aboard Sequoia

Washington, D.C.

President Nixon's evening cruise with C. G. Rebozo, William L. Golden and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with William P. Rogers

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr. and Ron Ziegler

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with C. G. Rebozo, William M. Lukash and William L. Golden

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr., Walter R. Tkach and William L. Golden

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr., Chester L. Ward and William L. Golden

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Bryce N. Harlow, Alexander M. Haig Jr. and John B. Connally

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Ron Ziegler

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr., Chester L. Ward and William L. Golden

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady and Rose Mary Woods

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Nixon and Brezhnev's working dinner on the Potomac

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Ron Ziegler, T. Stephen Todd and Manolo Sanchez

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Henry Kissinger

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Raymond K. Price Jr., Walter R. Tkach and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr., Walter R. Tkach and others

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady, Roger E. Johnson and Rose Mary Woods

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with John V. Brennan

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady, Rose Mary Woods and C. G. Rebozo

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and guests

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and guests

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with Alexander M. Haig Jr., T. Stephen Todd and Chester L. Ward

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady and Walter R. Tkach

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with the First Lady

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's cruise with members of Congress

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with James D. St. Clair, J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. and Alexander M. Haig Jr.

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise with the First Lady, Rose Mary Woods and Patrick J. Buchanan

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's cruise with members of Congress

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with his family and Rose Mary Woods

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Kenneth Cole's party aboard Sequoia

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's dinner cruise with members of Congress

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

President Nixon's evening cruise

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Reported cruise on the day of the "smoking gun" tape

Washington, D.C.

Change of command, August 1974

Washington Navy Yard

President Ford holds a Cabinet meeting aboard Sequoia

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Susan Ford's river cruise before her senior prom

Washington, D.C.

Cruise and dinner for bipartisan congressional leaders

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Happy Rockefeller entertains Mutsuko Miki

Washington, D.C.

Emperor Hirohito's delegation is entertained aboard

Washington, D.C.

Change of command, April 1976

Birthday dinner cruise for Happy Rockefeller

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Working dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

Washington Navy Yard, Pier One

Susan Ford's nineteenth birthday cruise

Washington Navy Yard

President Carter orders Sequoia sold

Sold at auction to Thomas Malloy

The Presidential Yacht Trust brings Sequoia back to Washington

Palm Beach, Florida

Anne Gorsuch Burford's cruise with Reagan administration officials

Washington, D.C.

The national tour of 1984

Washington, D.C.

Statue of Liberty centennial naval review

New York Harbor

Vice President Bush hosts Yang Shangkun

Washington, D.C.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

President Clinton attends an event aboard

Washington, D.C.

Crew reunion cruise from the Washington Navy Yard

Washington Navy Yard

Cruise to Mount Vernon for wounded soldiers and their families

Washington, D.C.

FE Partners acquires Sequoia and begins restoration planning

Moved to Belfast, Maine, for restoration

Deltaville, Virginia

Returned to Cambridge, Maryland, for a five-year renovation

Belfast, Maine