F.D.R. Back In Wash., D.C.

MON 12 AUG 1940
Presidential yacht Potomac (AG-25) (with President Roosevelt embarked), escorted by destroyer Mayrant (DD-402), proceeds from Mattapoisett, Massachusetts to Newport, R.I. There the Chief Executive, accompanied by Secretary of the Navy Knox, Senator David I. Walsh and Rear Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, inspects the Torpedo Station and the Naval Training Station. Later the same day, the President reëmbarks in Potomac and cruises to the Submarine Base at New London, observing submarine operations en route. Roosevelt inspects the base and the nearby facilities of the Electric Boat Company before reembarking in Potomac for the final leg of the voyage to the Washington Navy Yard, which is reached later the same day.

Gunboat Erie (PG-50) (Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Commander Special Service Squadron, embarked) arrives at Guayaquil, Ecuador, for a goodwill visit.