page_title: USS Sequoia (presidential yacht)
section_title: Presidential service
hierarchical_section_title: USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) / U.S. Government service / Presidential service
caption_attribution_description: English: President Herbert Hoover Disembarking from the USS Sequoia
context_page_description: USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Gerald Ford and then sold by Jimmy Carter.
  Often called the “floating White House”, the Sequoia offered presidents, first families and high-ranking government officials a place to escape the complexities of official life while also serving as the backdrop for significant moments of 20th-century American history.
  A Congressional Resolution passed December 1985 stated, “Sequoia was the setting for Presidential meetings, negotiations and decisions of extraordinary significance for and effect on the history of the United States and the course of world events” and “recognized the unique significance of the former Presidential yacht Sequoia which has made her a symbol of American political heritage and the Office of the President”.
  Sequoia was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987 and according to a statement made by the President of The Mystic Seaport Museum to the New York Times, "The Sequoia is probably the most significant artifact of presidential importance that is in private hands".
caption: President Herbert Hoover disembarking from the USS Sequoia August 8, 1932
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