Monday, August 10, 2015

F.D.R. On Inspection Cruise

SAT 10 AUG 1940
President Roosevelt inspects Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard and then cruises in presidential yacht Potomac (AG-25), to Nahant, Massachusetts, escorted by destroyer Mayrant (DD-402), and thence to Boston Navy Yard, which the Chief Executive inspects as well (see 11-12 August).

Destroyers Walke (DD-416) and Wainwright (DD-420) reach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Japanese naval blockade of coast of China is extended to South China.

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