09/01 Mon. Navy assumes responsibility for trans-Atlantic convoys from
point off Argentia to meridian of Iceland.
Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet (Adm. E. J. King)
designates a task group as a Denmark Strait Patrol to operate
in waters between Iceland and Greenland.
09/04 Thu. Destroyer GREER (DD-145), while tracking German submarine 175
miles southwest of Iceland, is attacked but not damaged.
09/07 Sun. United States merchant ship STEEL SEAFARER is sunk by German
air attack in Gulf of Suez.
09/09 Tue. Naval Coast Frontier Forces are formed.
09/11 Thu. President announces order to Navy to attack any vessel
threatening United States shipping or ships under United
States escort.
09/12 Fri. Coast Guard cutter NORTHLAND (PG-49) seizes Norwegian trawler
BUSKOE in MacKenzie Bay, Greenland; BUSKOE's mission was to
establish and service German radio weather stations in
Greenland.
09/17 Wed. United States Navy escorts eastbound British trans-Atlantic
convoy for the first time.
09/26 Fri. Navy orders protection of all ships engaged in commerce in
United States defensive waters - by patrolling, covering,
escorting, and by reporting or destroying German and Italian
naval forces encountered.
09/27 Sat. First Liberty Ship, SS PATRICK HENRY, is launched at
Baltimore, Md.