Destroyer HMS Derwent laid down.
ÉIRE: Two Gloster Gladiators of the Irish Air Force fail to intercept a Luftwaffe Ju-88 that penetrates Irish airspace from Waterford over to Dublin. AA fire also fails to hit the intruder.
U.S.S.R.: Soviet submarine K-56
launched.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: In the Adriatic Sea, the Greek submarine RHS Proteus (Y 3) torpedoes and sinks the 11,452 ton Italian troop transport SS Sardegna about 51 nautical miles (95 kilometres) east of Brindisi, Italy, in position 40.31N, 19.02E. RHS Proteus is rammed and sunk immediately after this attack by the Italian torpedo boat R.N. Antares.
U.S.A.:
Washington: An AP dispatch from states:
President Roosevelt was reported authoritatively today to have drafted a $17 billion
budget for the fiscal year 1942, including $10 billion for the armament program.
In a "fireside chat" on radio, Roosevelt called for the US to become "the arsenal of democracy." The President made "the direct statement to the American people that there is far less chance of the US getting into war if we do all we can now to support the nations defending themselves against attack by the Axis than if we acquiesce in their defeat."
Stimson urges that US Navy be used to escort convoys to the UK. (Marc Small)