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In the summer of 1928, the American Olympic Team sailed on ''President Roosevelt'' to compete in the Ninth Olympiad in [[Amsterdam]], the [[Netherlands]].
On 30 January 1932, the Italian ocean liner {{SS|Roma|1926|2}} rammed ''President Roosevelt'' at [[New York City|New York]], inflicting severe damage on ''President Roosevelt''.<ref name=Times010232a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |
In 1939 agreement was reached with the [[American Electric Launch Company]] (Elco) to purchase a British Power Boat 70-footer (later named {{USS|PT-9}}), as a template for American production under licence. ''PT-9'' was taken by ''President Roosevelt'' to Elco's works at New London, Connecticut. On 3 October 1939 Scott-Paine met President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and senior Elco representatives at the [[White House]] to authorize the creation of a new naval arm, the [[patrol torpedo boat]] ("PT boat") [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]]s. Production of PT boats started at a new Elco factory at [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[New Jersey]], in January 1940.
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