25 Sep 1941

- Zuikaku was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Captain Tsunekichi Fukuzawa was named the commanding officer of repair ship Akashi. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Hitler ordered a halt to attacks on Leningrad in northern Russia, instead ordering that the city be starved into submission. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- German submarine U-124 sank British ship Empire Stream 500 miles north of the Azores islands at 0744 hours; 8 were killed, 27 survived. ww2dbase [CPC]
- John Kennedy enlisted in the US Navy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The Jager Report (issued on 1 Dec 1941) noted that 215 adult male, 229 adult female, and 131 children, all Jews, were killed in Jahiuna, Lithuania for a total of 575 people. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed at Reykjavik, Iceland. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- German and Romanian troops reached the Perekop Isthmus in Russia and began to cut off the Crimean Peninsula. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The keel of submarine Sunfish was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]


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