US NAVY
UNITED STATES—Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval
Operations, sends "war warning" message to commanders of the Pacific
and Asiatic Fleets. General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, sends a
similar message to his Hawaiian and Philippine Department commanders.
PACIFIC—U.S. passenger liner President Madison,
chartered for the purpose, sails from Shanghai, China, with the 2d
Battalion,4th Marine Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel Donald Curtis, USMC)
embarked, bound for the Philippines (see 28 November).
ATLANTIC—Destroyer Babbitt (DD‑128), with TU 4.1.5,
escorting convoy HX 160, depth charges a sound contact.
U.S.
freighter Nishmaha rescues 72 survivors (five of whom succumb to their
wounds) from British light cruiser HMS Dunedin, sunk by German submarine
U‑124 on 24 November. Nishmaha transports the survivors to
Trinidad.
US MARINE CORPS
UNITED STATES— Adm Stark, CNO, sends war warning to
commanders of the Pacific and Asiatic Fleets
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