January 16th, 1939 (MONDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Destroyer HMS ANTHONY collides with an auxiliary sailing barge, the LEONARD PIPER. (99)
Submarine HMS Tambor laid down.
ÉIRE: The IRA formally declares war on Great Britain.
FRANCE: Minesweeper FS Commandant Duboc launched.
U.S.A.: Submarine USS Sculpin commissioned.
BRITISH WEST INDIES: Antigua: The Antigua Trades and Labour Union is formed "to lead the struggle of the working people against oppressive and exploitative working conditions in the sugar industry and the port."