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.