Destroyers for Bases Agreement – 1940
The 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement transferred fifty US Navy mothballed destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for military land rights in Newfoundland, Bermuda and the West Indies. The destroyers were named for cities common to both countries (e.g., Montgomery, Lancaster).
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