4 June 1918
Second day of a succesful two-day American counterattack that pushes the Germans back across the Marne at Jaulgonne, east of Chateau Thierry.
War at Sea
The Wickes class destroyer USS Bernadou (DD-153) is laid down at Cramps. She wasn't commissioned until 1919, and spent most of the Second World War performing various escort duties in the Atlantic theatre, as well as taking part in Operation Torch, the invasion of Sicily and the Salerno landing.
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.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 4 June 1918, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_06_03.html
