April 18 - Fleet leaves San Diego at 6 AM for San Pedro, the Connecticut, Vermont, Louisiana, and Kansas anchoring inside the harbor, with the other three divisions in line outside.  

April 19 - Separation of the fleet; the first division remains at San Pedro; second division goes to Long Beach; third division to Santa Monica; fourth division to Redondo Beach.

April 25 - Fleet reassembles at Santa Monica Bay and sails for Santa Barbara, anchoring there at 4:30 PM.

This is an official inviation to the ball planned for the visit to Los Angeles.  The ball was planned in honor of Admiral Evans and include his wife as part of the planning committee.  Below is the inside of this program.

When Frank Lesher, USS Virginia, visited Los Angeles he received a certificate making him an honorary member of the Pennsylvania Society of Los Angeles.  Other items from his visit to Los Angles can be found in the link to the right.

The Cruise of Frank B. Lesher