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The first two American built Renault FT Light Tanks (the Six-Ton Tank M1917) reach the AEF at Bourg, eight days too late.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) is launched. She was sunk by U-578 on 28 February 1942 leaving only 11 survivors.
The German V 25 class destroyer V 30 is sunk by a mine while on her way to be interned.
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.
