US NAVY
16 November 1941, Sunday
ATLANTIC—TU 4.1.5 (Commander William K. Phillips) clears
Argentia, Newfoundland, to assumes escort duty for convoy HX160; between 17 and
28 November, heavy seas will cause varying degrees of damage to destroyers Mayo
(DD‑422), Nicholson (DD‑424), Babbitt (DD‑128), Leary (DD‑158)
and Schenck (DD‑159). The convoy will not be attacked by U‑boats (see
19, 20 and 27 November).
17 November 1941, Monday
UNITED STATES—Congress amends the Neutrality Act of 1939 by
Joint Resolution; U.S. merchant ships can now be armed and can enter war zones.
Bureau of
Navigation directs that naval district personnel who received Armed Guard
training be assigned to Little Creek, Virginia, or San Diego, California, for
further instruction. They will be transferred to Armed Guard centers at New
York, New York, and Treasure Island, California, for assignment to merchant
ships.
Special
Japanese envoy Kurusu Saburo arrives in Washington and confers with Secretary
of State Cordell Hull.
ATLANTIC—Destroyers Benson (DD‑421) and Edison (DD‑439),
screening convoy ON 34, depth charge submarine contacts.
TU 4.1.5
(Commander William K. Phillips) intercepts and joins convoy HX 160; although
none of the destroyers in the task unit will be damaged by enemy action, all‑‑Mayo
(DD‑422), Babbitt (DD‑128), Leary (DD‑158), Schenck
(DD‑159), and Nicholson (DD‑442) ‑‑will suffer storm damage of varying
degrees between this date and 28November.
German
blockade runner Odenwald, captured by light cruiser Omaha (CL‑4)
and destroyer Somers (DD‑381) on 6November, is escorted into San Juan,
Puerto Rico, by Somers and turned over to U.S. authorities.
19 November 1941, Wednesday
ATLANTIC—Destroyer Leary (DD‑158), with TU 4.1.5,
escorting convoy HX 160, depth charges a sound contact.
20 November 1941, Thursday
US NAVY
UNITED STATES—Ambassador Nomura presents Japan's
"final proposal" to keep peace in the Pacific.
ATLANTIC—Destroyer Nicholson (DD‑424), with TU
4.1.5, escorting convoy HX 160, depth charges a sound contact at
50°30'N,50°40'W.
US MARINE CORPS
UNITED STATES—Ambassador Nomura presents Japan’s “final
proposal” to keep peace in the Pacific.
21 November 1941, Friday
US NAVY
UNITED STATES—Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
mistakenly informs Naval Air Station, New York, of the imminent delivery of
infantile paralysis serum from Navy Medical Supply Depot, Brooklyn, for further
transport to Norfolk by 1000 on the following day and thence to Bermuda. It is
soon discovered, however, that no such serum exists in Brooklyn or anywhere
east of Milwaukee. Urgent ensuing search locates the needed serum in Milwaukee,
whence it is flown to Chicago, where American Air Lines holds a plane to make
the necessary connection for the flight to New York (see 22 November).
ATLANTIC—Lend‑Lease is extended to Iceland.
PACIFIC—Destroyer Shaw (DD‑373) and oiler Sabine (AO‑25)
are damaged in collision in Hawaiian Operating Area.
22 November 1941, Saturday
US NAVY
UNITED STATES— Naval Air Station, New York SNJ‑2 delivers
needed infantile paralysis serum to Norfolk. It ultimately arrives in Bermuda
on time.
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