August 11th, 1941 (MONDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Submarine HMS Unsparing laid down.
Corvette HMS Bellwort launched.
Minesweeper HMS Ipswich launched.
GERMANY:
U-416 laid down.
U-655 commissioned.
FINLAND: Finnish attacks south of Lake Ladoga reach Vuosalmi.
CANADA: Minesweepers
HMCS
Gananoque and Nipigon commissioned.
Corvette HMCS Moncton launched.
Fairmile "B" patrol craft ordered for RCN: HMC ML 074, ML 075, ML 076, ML 077, ML 078, ML 079, ML 080, ML 081, ML 082, ML 083, ML 084 and ML 085.
NEWFOUNDLAND: President Franklin D Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill confer twice today aboard the US heavy cruiser USS Augusta (CA-31) in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland.
U.S.A.: Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Elmer's Tune" on Bluebird Records.
Light fleet carriers USS Belleau Wood and Independence laid down as Cleveland Class cruisers.