Sunday, August 9, 2015

More "Goodwill" Than You Can Stand

FRI 9 AUG 1940
Heavy cruisers Wichita (CA-45) (Rear Admiral Andrew C. Pickens) and Quincy (CA-39) reach Pernambuco, Brazil.

Gunboat Erie (PG-50) (Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, Commander Special Service Squadron, embarked) departs Panama Canal Zone for a goodwill visit to Ecuador (see 12 August).

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

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