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Foch is officially promoted to General-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, giving him the authority he needs to move French units to the Lys. Petain keeps the right to appeal to the French government until June.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Ringgold (DD-89) and USS Mugford (DD-105) are launched at the Union Iron Works of San Francisco. Neither is commissioned in time for service in the First World War. The Ringgold served with the Royal Navy in the Second World War as HMS Newark. The Mugford served as a seaplane tender in the period immediately after the First World War.
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.
