BERRY, JOHN G.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Lydonia and USS Yamacraw
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to John G. Berry, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Lydonia and the U.S.S. Yamacraw,
engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting
and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines.
*BEST, WILLIAM H.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William H. Best, Watertender, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: Missouri
BILLARD,
FREDERICK C.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Aphrodite
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Frederick C. Billard, Captain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession
as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Aphrodite, engaged in the
important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting
troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and
mines.
Birth: 9/22/1873 - Washington, DC
Home Town: Maryland
BROWN, FLETCHER W.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Fletcher W. Brown, First Lieutenant,
U.S. Coast Guard, for distinguished and heroic service in the line of
his profession as officer of the U.S.S. Seneca in volunteering to lead
a party of men to board the British steamer Wellington, following the
torpedoing of that vessel on September 16, 1918, and her abandonment
by her crew. Lieutenant Brown and the men form Seneca's crew, with a
few of the original crew of the Wellington, persisted heroically in
their attempt to save the Wellington, and finally abandoned the ship
only when she was on the point of sinking in a heavy sea.
CARMINE, GEORGE C.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Algonquin
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to George C. Carmine, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Algonquin, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
CHISWELL, BENJAMIN M.
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Algonquin
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Benjamin M. Chiswell, Commander, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession
as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Algonquin, engaged in the
important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting
troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and
mines.
CHRISTY, GEORGE M.
Oiler Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to George M. Christy, Oiler Second Class,
U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
*ELAM, RUSSELL
Cook, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Russell Elam, Cook, U.S. Coast Guard,
for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S. Seneca in
an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after that vessel
had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after the ship
was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were called
from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered although
there was a high sea running and it was known she was in danger also
of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat for some hours
but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men
who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Maryland
GORMAN, RAYMOND J.
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond J. Gorman, Seaman, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in
danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat
for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered,
only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others
being drowned.
GRIMSHAW, DANIEL E.
Machinist First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Daniel E. Grimshaw, Machinist First
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her
crew. Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the
eighteen who volunteered although there was a high sea running and it
was known she was in danger also of further submarine attack. The
vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the
eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only
eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
HENDERSON, ANDREW J.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Manning
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Andrew J. Henderson, Captain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession
as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manning, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
HOWELL, CHARLES F.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Arcturus
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Charles F. Howell, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Arcturus, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
HUTSON, JOHN J.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Wanderer
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to John J. Hutson, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Wanderer, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
JACK, RAYMOND L.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Cythera
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond L. Jack, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Cythera, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
JACOBS,
WILLIAM V. E.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Niagara
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William V. E. Jacobs, Captain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession
as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Niagara, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
*MARVELLE, PAUL LEB
Gunner's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Paul Leb Marvelle, Gunner's Mate Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her
crew. Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the
eighteen who volunteered although there was a high sea running and it
was known she was in danger also of further submarine attack. The
vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the
eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only
eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Massachusetts
MASON, MORRILL C.
Electrician Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Morrill C. Mason, Electrician Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her
crew. Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the
eighteen who volunteered although there was a high sea running and it
was known she was in danger also of further submarine attack. The
vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the
eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only
eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
MOLLOY, THOMAS M.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rambler
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Thomas M. Molloy, First Lieutenant,
U.S. Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his
profession as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Rambler, engaged in the
important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting
troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and
mines.
MUELLER, LEE C.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Emmeline
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Lee C. Mueller, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Emmeline, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
MUNTER, WILLIAM H.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Ossippee
Date of Action: September 3, 1917 - November 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William H. Munter, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Ossippee, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
*NEVENS, JAMES J.
Gunner's Mate Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to James J. Nevens, Gunner's Mate Second
Class, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her
crew. Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the
eighteen who volunteered although there was a high sea running and it
was known she was in danger also of further submarine attack. The
vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the
eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only
eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Connecticut
*NEWBURY, CARL S.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Carl S. Newbury, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in
danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat
for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered,
only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others
being drowned.
Home Town: CT
OHRLEIN, ANTHONY
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Anthony Ohrlein, Seaman, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in
danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat
for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered,
only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others
being drowned.
OSBORN, JAMES C.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to James C. Osborn, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in
danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat
for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered,
only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others
being drowned.
*OVESEN, MARTIN M.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Martin M. Ovesen, Watertender, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: Denmark
PEDERSEN, JORGE A.
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Jorge A. Pedersen, Coxswain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the U.S.S.
Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington after
that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately after
the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers were
called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who volunteered
although there was a high sea running and it was known she was in
danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept afloat
for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who volunteered,
only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued, the others
being drowned.
*PRIME, WILLIAM HEERMANCE
Seaman, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William Heermance Prime, Seaman, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: New York
REINBERG, LEROY
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Druid
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Leroy Reinberg, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Druid, escorting mercantile convoys
in the Mediterranean Sea in waters infested with enemy submarines.
RIDGELEY, RANDOLPH, JR.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Yamacraw & USS Castine
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Randolph Ridgeley, Jr., Captain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession
as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Yamacraw and the U.S.S. Castine,
engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting
and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines.
ROACH,
PHILIP F.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Manning
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Philip F. Roach, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Manning and the U.S.S. Lydonia,
engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting
and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy
submarines and mines.
ROSE, EARL G.
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Rambler
Date of Action: 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Earl G. Rose, Lieutenant, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Rambler, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines.
RYAN, MICHAEL J.
Machinist First Class, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Michael J. Ryan, Machinist First Class,
U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
*STELLENWERF, MERTON
Coxswain, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Merton Stellenwerf, Coxswain, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: New York
*TINGARD, RAYMOND H.
Watertender, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to Raymond H. Tingard, Watertender, U.S.
Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew of the
U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer Wellington
after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918 Immediately
after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her crew. Volunteers
were called from the Seneca. He was one of the eighteen who
volunteered although there was a high sea running and it was known she
was in danger also of further submarine attack. The vessel was kept
afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the eighteen men who
volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only eight were rescued,
the others being drowned.
Home Town: Connecticut
WHEELER, WILLIAM J.
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: April 25 & June 28, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to William J. Wheeler, Captain, U.S. Coast
Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as
commanding officer of the U.S.S. Seneca, engaged in the important,
exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and
supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, and
especially for his prompt and judicious action upon two occasions of
encounters with submarines, on April 25 and June 28, 1918.
*ZULEGER, AUGUST
Assistant Master At Arms, U.S. Coast Guard
U.S.S. Seneca
Date of Action: September 16, 1918
Citation:
The Navy Cross is presented to August Zuleger, Assistant Master At
Arms, U.S. Coast Guard, for extraordinary heroism as a member of crew
of the U.S.S. Seneca in an attempt to save the coal-laden steamer
Wellington after that vessel had been torpedoed on September 16, 1918
Immediately after the ship was torpedoed she was abandoned by her
crew. Volunteers were called from the Seneca. He was one of the
eighteen who volunteered although there was a high sea running and it
was known she was in danger also of further submarine attack. The
vessel was kept afloat for some hours but finally sunk. Of the
eighteen men who volunteered, only eight men who volunteered, only
eight were rescued, the others being drowned.
Home Town: Wisconsin
