![]() ![]() freighter Mormacsun is intercepted by British naval vessel and diverted to Kirkwall, Scotland, into the zone designated as a combat area. Department of State releases statement to press telling of the delivery of "vigorous protest" (dated 27 December 1939) to the British Foreign Office concerning the British removing and censoring U.S. Uruguayan government interns German freighter Tacoma at Montevideo as an auxiliary war vessel.Ĭharles Edison of New Jersey becomes Secretary of the Navy he had been Acting Secretary since the death of Claude A. freighter Exeter is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities. Repairs to City of Flint will keep her at Narvik, Norway, for another six days. freighter City of Flint, her odyssey almost at an end, is damaged in collision with British steamship Baron Blytheswood. Walker is first commandant (see 26 February). ![]() Tenth Naval District with headquarters at San Juan, Puerto Rico, is established, Commander Reuben L. Navy in World War II-1940 Chapter II: 1940
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