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The USS Maine exploded while William McKinley was president.
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The first president to leave the US while in office?
Theodore Roosevelt was the first sitting president to leave the country. He visited Panama while he was president. He and wife left for Panama on November 9, 1906 on the yacht Mayflower and then transferred to a battleship, the Louisiana, convoyed by two armored cruisers , the Washington and Tennessee.The purpose was to spend four days inspecting the construction of the Panama Canal. He then went to Puerto Rico, spent one day in San Juan, and returned to Washington on November 27. The ship was equipped with a wireless telegraph
What incident in the gulf of tonkin caused a crisis for president Lyndon Johnson?
A North Vietnamese ship fired on an American ship.
Which US President rescued a young woman from a burning ship and married her four months later?
John Tyler, the 10th US president.
What united states president was born on a ship?
There is no record of any US President being born on a boat to the US. Washington was born in Westmoreland, Virginia, Adams was born Braintree, Massachusetts, and Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia.
Where did the desk come from?
The President's Desk, aka the Resolute Desk, after the ship it's made from, is English Oak. It was a gift from the Queen of England to Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes.
