16 May 1939
- Cruiser Köln completed training in the North Atlantic. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
- Admiral Erich Raeder presented to Adolf Hitler German Navy's plan for conducting war against Poland in the Baltic Sea and against Britain and France in the Atlantic Ocean. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | CPC]
- HMS Birmingham arrived at Gulangyu island, an international settlement off Xiamen, China in response to the arrival of a Japanese Special Naval Landing Force detachment nearby. She disembarked a contingent of sailors and marines. ww2dbase [Birmingham | Xiamen, Fujian | CPC]
- USS Marblehead arrived at Gulangyu island, an international settlement off Xiamen, China in response to the arrival of a Japanese Special Naval Landing Force detachment nearby. She disembarked a contingent of US Marines. ww2dbase [Marblehead | Xiamen, Fujian | CPC]
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