16 Jun 1939
- Captain A. R. M. Bridge suceeded Captain Clement Moody as the commanding officer of HMS Eagle. ww2dbase [Eagle | CPC]
- Ancon was delivered to the Panama Railroad Company. ww2dbase [Ancon | CPC]
- USS S-27 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [S-27 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS S-29 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [S-29/P556 | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS S-25 departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [S-25/Jastrzab | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
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