06/01 Sat. Battleship WASHINGTON (BB-56) is launched at Philadelphia,  
           Pa.; first American battleship launched since WEST VIRGINIA  
           (BB-48), 19 November, 1921. 
06/04 Tue. Evacuation of British, French, and Belgian troops from  
           Dunkirk, France, is completed. 
06/09 Sun. Allies evacuate Norway. 
06/10 Mon. Italy declares war on France and Great Britain; Italian  
           troops invade France.  
           Canada declares war on Italy. 
06/12 Wed. Navy Department awards contracts for 22 new warships.  
           Japan-Thailand Non-Aggression Pact is announced. 
06/13 Thu. Gene: USS North Carolina (BB-55) is launched at New York  
           Naval Yard.  Although launched after her sister ship, USS  
           Washington (BB-56), she will be commissioned first, on 9  
           April 1941. 
06/14 Fri. President signs "11% Naval Expansion Act" increasing the  
           carrier, cruiser, and submarine tonnage of the Navy by  
           167,000 tons, and auxiliary shipping by 75,000 tons. 
           German troops occupy Paris, France. 
06/15 Sat. President approves an act to increase naval aviation to a  
           strength of not more than 10,000 aircraft. 
06/17 Mon. Adm. H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, asks $4 billion  
           for construction of "two-ocean Navy.  
           Russian forces occupy Estonia and Latvia.  
           France sues for an armistice with Germany. 
06/20 Thu. Bureau of Ships is established with Rear Adm. S. M. Robinson  
           as Chief; Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of  
           Engineering are abolished.  
           New office of Under Secretary of the Navy is created for  
           duration of emergency.  
           France opens northern Indochina to Japanese military mission  
           and supporting troops. 
06/22 Sat. French-German armistice is signed at Compiegne, France.  
           Prince Konoye forms new Japanese Cabinet with Gen. Hideki  
           Tojo, Minister of War, and Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister of  
           Foreign Affairs. 
06/24 Mon. Charles Edison's resignation as Secretary of the Navy is  
           effective; Lewis Compton becomes Acting Secretary.  
           France signs armistice with Italy.  
           Japan requests that British close Burma Road. 
06/25 Tue. Naval Construction Corps is abolished.  Constructors are  
           combined with engineers and given line officer status  
           designated for "Engineering Duty Only" (EDO).  
           French-German armistice becomes effective and hostilities  
           cease. 
06/27 Thu. President declares a "national emergency" and invokes  
           Espionage Act of 1917 to exercise control over shipping  
           movements in territorial waters and in vicinity of Panama  
           Canal.  
           Romania yields to Russian ultimatum and cedes Bessarabia and  
           northern Bukovina. 
06/30 Sun. Naval vessels on hand (all types) - 1,099.   
           Personnel: Navy................160,997; 
                      Marine Corps.........28,364; 
                      Coast Guard..........13,766. 
                      Total personnel.....203,127.