06/01 Sat. Battleship WASHINGTON (BB-56) is launched at Philadelphia, Pa.; first American battleship launched since WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48), 19 November, 1921. 06/04 Tue. Evacuation of British, French, and Belgian troops from Dunkirk, France, is completed. 06/09 Sun. Allies evacuate Norway. 06/10 Mon. Italy declares war on France and Great Britain; Italian troops invade France. Canada declares war on Italy. 06/12 Wed. Navy Department awards contracts for 22 new warships. Japan-Thailand Non-Aggression Pact is announced. 06/13 Thu. Gene: USS North Carolina (BB-55) is launched at New York Naval Yard. Although launched after her sister ship, USS Washington (BB-56), she will be commissioned first, on 9 April 1941. 06/14 Fri. President signs "11% Naval Expansion Act" increasing the carrier, cruiser, and submarine tonnage of the Navy by 167,000 tons, and auxiliary shipping by 75,000 tons. German troops occupy Paris, France. 06/15 Sat. President approves an act to increase naval aviation to a strength of not more than 10,000 aircraft. 06/17 Mon. Adm. H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, asks $4 billion for construction of "two-ocean Navy. Russian forces occupy Estonia and Latvia. France sues for an armistice with Germany. 06/20 Thu. Bureau of Ships is established with Rear Adm. S. M. Robinson as Chief; Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of Engineering are abolished. New office of Under Secretary of the Navy is created for duration of emergency. France opens northern Indochina to Japanese military mission and supporting troops. 06/22 Sat. French-German armistice is signed at Compiegne, France. Prince Konoye forms new Japanese Cabinet with Gen. Hideki Tojo, Minister of War, and Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 06/24 Mon. Charles Edison's resignation as Secretary of the Navy is effective; Lewis Compton becomes Acting Secretary. France signs armistice with Italy. Japan requests that British close Burma Road. 06/25 Tue. Naval Construction Corps is abolished. Constructors are combined with engineers and given line officer status designated for "Engineering Duty Only" (EDO). French-German armistice becomes effective and hostilities cease. 06/27 Thu. President declares a "national emergency" and invokes Espionage Act of 1917 to exercise control over shipping movements in territorial waters and in vicinity of Panama Canal. Romania yields to Russian ultimatum and cedes Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. 06/30 Sun. Naval vessels on hand (all types) - 1,099. Personnel: Navy................160,997; Marine Corps.........28,364; Coast Guard..........13,766. Total personnel.....203,127.