1964 January 30, Elvis purchased the USS Potomac, the former presidential yacht of Franklin D. Roosevelt, for $55,000.
1964 February 14, Elvis turns over the papers for the SS Potomac, to Danny Thomas, founder of St. Jude Hospital in Memphis. The ceremony took place in Long Beach, California.
St. Jude raised $75,000 from the yacht.
The March of Dimes and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital were two of many charities Elvis supported through the years with annual donation checks.
The USS Potomac, built in 1934 is now preserved and docked at Jack London Square as a US National Historic Landmark in Oakland, California. She is available for dockside tours and daytime cruises in the San Francisco Bay.