29 Jun 1936
- Cruiser Köln completed operations off Spain. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
- The US Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act (1936) which set in place the necessary legislation to create series-production facilities for mercantile hulls. This legislation would ultimately have important consequences for the wartime Battle of the Atlantic. ww2dbase [AC]
- The keel of torpedo boat T10 was laid down at the F. Schichau yard in Elbing, Germany (now Elblag, Poland). ww2dbase [T10 | Elbing, Danzig-Westpreußen | CPC]
- Nachi completed her first reconstruction at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Nachi | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
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