September 5

1939:

USA proclaims neutrality in European war

1940:

HMS DIANA, a British destroyer is recommissioned as HMCS MARGAREE after a lengthy refit at the Albert Docks in London, UK. This is to replace the loss of HMCS FRASER sunk off the Brittany coast in a collision with a British freighter in June.

1942:

Realizing their ship has became a target for an unseen U-boat, the crew of the Canadian Merchantman Lord Strathcona abandons ship just before torpedoes pierce her hull while laying at anchor off Conception Bay, Newfoundland.