13 Jan 1939
- US Marine units under Brigadier General Richard P. Williams began its participation in US Navy's Fleet Exercise No. 5 in the Caribbean Sea. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Jean Decoux was named the commander of naval forces in the Far East. ww2dbase [Jean Decoux | CPC]
- USS Ranger transited the Panama Canal on her way to Fleet Exercises in the Caribbean. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Ranger | Panama Canal | DS]
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