Friday, September 26, 2025

85 Years Ago, Wednesday, 25 September 1940

US NAVY

            Heavy cruiser Louisville (CA28) departs Colon, C.Z., for Recife, Brazil, on the first leg of her goodwill cruise to Latin American ports.

            Light cruiser St. Louis (CL49), with Greenslade Board embarked, arrives at Norfolk (see 29 September 1940).

            Operation menace, the BritishFree French attempt to take Dakar, is abandoned as Vichy French resistance proves surprisingly vigorous.

            French port of Nouméa, New Caledonia, sides with Free France.

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