Would Pops Like A Mini Road Trip and Cruise On F.D.R.'s Boat For Father's Day?

Is it time to honor dear ol’ Dad with a cruise on San Francisco Bay aboard the the USS Potomac?

Tickets are available for a three-hour tour on Sunday, June 21 aboard the “Floating White House” -- a 165-foot-long vessel that originally served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidential Yacht until his death in 1945.

The tour begins from Oakland at noon and includes a box lunch, hosted wine bar and sightseeing around the bay from Oakland to San Francisco, including a sail around Alcatraz and Angel Island.

For tickets and more details on the Father’s Day cruise, follow this link.

• Other Father’s Day ideas:
• Every Dad Loves A Train: How About Napa Valley Wine Train For Father’s Day?
• Dad’s Day at Denio’s

A bit of history on the USS Potomac, courtesy of the Potomac Association:

From FDR to Elvis: After FDR’s death in April 1945, the Potomac began a long and ignominious decline from her former role in world affairs. After many adventures and many owners – including Elvis Presley at one point – she was seized in 1980 in San Francisco as a front for drug smugglers - impounded at Treasure Island, she sank. The ship was raised and unceremoniously dumped on the East Bay Estuary where she sat abandoned and rotting. A week away from being sold as scrap the ship was rescued by the Port of Oakland and the process of restoration was begun.

Today’s Potomac: Since it opened to the public in the summer of 1995, more than a quarter of a million people have visited and sailed aboard former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s beloved “Floating White House,” the USS Potomac. $5 million was spent over a 12-year period to restore the 165-foot-long vessel as a memorial to the president who authored the New Deal and led the United States during the Great Depression and the World War II years.

--Photo courtesy of the Potomac Association.