 On 21 March 1921 , Connecticut again became the flagship of the Second Battleship Squadron when Rear Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes took command . The ships of the squadron departed Philadelphia on 7 April to perform maneuvers and training exercises off Cuba , though they returned to take part in the Presidential Review in Hampton Roads on 28 April . After participating in Naval Academy celebrations on Memorial Day , Connecticut and her squadmates departed on a midshipman cruise which took them to Europe . On 28 June , Connecticut hosted a Norwegian delegation that included King Haakon VII , Prime Minister Otto Blehr , the Minister of Defence , and the First Sea Lord of the Royal Norwegian Navy . After arriving in Portugal on 21 July , the battleship hosted the Civil Governor of the Province of Lisbon and the Commander @-@ in @-@ Chief of the Portuguese Navy . Six days later , Connecticut hosted the Portuguese president , António José de Almeida . The battleship squadron departed for Guantánamo Bay on 29 July and , after arrival there , remained for gunnery practice and exercises . Connecticut , leaving the rest of the squadron , departed for Annapolis and disembarked her midshipmen on 30 August , then proceeded to Philadelphia . 
