12 February 1918
War in the Air
End of the first German Fighter Contest. The Fokker D.VII wins the inline engine fighter catagory and is ordered into production.
War at Sea
The Wickes class destroyer USS McKean (DD-90) is laid down at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. She is completed too late for service in the First World War, but is used as a fast transport during the Second.
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), 12 February 1918, https://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_02_12.html
