Sunday, September 21, 2025

85 Years Ago, Saturday, 21 September 1940

US NAVY

            Rear Admiral H. Kent Hewitt hauls down his flag as Commander Special Service Squadron; gunboat Erie (PG50) is assigned to the Fifteenth Naval District and sistership Charleston (PG51) to the Thirteenth.

            Light cruiser St. Louis (CL49), with Greenslade Board embarked, departs Argentia for Boston (see 23 September).


 

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