US NAVY
Defense
Communication Board is established; membership includes Director of Naval
Communications (Rear Admiral Leigh Noyes).
Third
group of ships involved in the destroyers‑for‑bases agreement are
turned over to the Royal Canadian Navy at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mackenzie (DD‑175)
becomes HMCS Annapolis, Haraden (DD‑183) becomes HMCS Columbia,
Williams (DD‑108) becomes HMCS St. Clair, Thatcher (DD‑162)
becomes HMCS Niagara, McCook (DD‑252) becomes HMCS St. Croix and
Bancroft (DD‑256) becomes HMCS St. Francis.
Operation menace, the British‑Free French attempt to take Dakar, commences this day (see 25 September).
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