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General Hubert Gough is replaced by Sir Henry Rawlinson as commander of the Fifth Army after suffering a serious defeat at the start of Ludendorff's first great offensive of 1918, the Second Battle of the Somme.
The Wickes class destroyers USS Robinson (DD-88) and USS Schley (DD-103) are launched at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. The Robinson served in the Royal Navy as HMS Newmarket during the Second World War. The Schley entered service in the last weeks of the First World War, but saw most service as a fast transport during the Second World War, earning 11 battle stars in the Pacific
The Coln class light cruiser SMS Dresden becomes the second and last of the ten ships in her class to be commissioned.
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
