Our Fleet of twelve 420's and their unusual name sequence

We wanted a sensible pattern of hull naming that would be unique and at the same time inspire our team with some historic facts.

Consequently, we have chosen to name our dinghies after famous aircraft carriers, part of our nation's "world peace keeping force". Since we have twelve 420's our first squadron of six is named after early WWII carriers in order of their dates of construction:

Harwich Squadron 1 (battles, forts and bugs)

YORKTOWN
HORNET
TICONDEROGA
LEXINGTON
WASP
MIDWAY

Why are these important names and which carriers were sunk in action?

The other six would have the later carrier presidential names in order of their dates of construction:

Harwich Squadron 2 (great presidents)

JOHN F. KENNEDY
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GEORGE WASHINGTON
HARRY S. TRUMAN

Five years from now if some asks what were the six carriers of WWII in order of their launch dates or what were the first six presidential carriers and who were they named after... you will know!

Three of these presidents were Republicans and three were Democrats. Can you guess who?

Can you identify which president was a Roughrider?

Can you match the quote below to one of these president?

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(1) How soon we forget history... Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

(2) I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?

(3) A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

(4) This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

(5) I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

(6) Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

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