US NAVY
Heavy
cruiser Louisville (CA‑28) departs Colon, C.Z., for Recife,
Brazil, on the first leg of her goodwill cruise to Latin American ports.
Light
cruiser St. Louis (CL‑49), with Greenslade Board embarked,
arrives at Norfolk (see 29 September 1940).
Operation
menace, the British‑Free 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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