85 Years Ago, Wednesday, 18 September 1940

US NAVY

            Second group of ships involved in the transfer to Britain‑‑Kalk (DD‑170), Maddox (DD‑168), Cowell (DD‑167), Foote (DD‑169), Hopewell (DD‑181), Abbot (DD‑184), Thomas (DD‑182) and Doran (DD‑185) ‑‑ arrive at Halifax, Nova Scotia (see 23 September).

            Light cruiser St. Louis (CL‑49), with Greenslade Board embarked, shifts from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Argentia (see 21 September).