Sunday, December 28, 2014

A Death In Brooklyn

THU 28 DEC 1939
Rear Admiral William L. Calhoun assumes duty as Commander Base Force and breaks his flag in auxiliary Argonne (AG-31).

Rear Admiral Julius C. Townsend, Commandant Fourth Naval District and Philadelphia Navy Yard, dies of bronchial cancer at U.S. Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.

U.S. freighter Exilona is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities.

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