8th March 1924
"Franklin D. Roosevelt, prominent Democrat of New York state and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, is caught unawares while painting chairs on his yacht in Biscayne Bay, where he is enjoying the winter, far from the whirl of Washington politics."
President Coolidge decorating Henry Breault of the submarine 0-5 with Congressional Medal of Honor.
Ship Losses:
Obernai (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°49′N 58°10′W). Her crew were rescued by
Kungsholm ( Sweden).