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World War I
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Statistics:
A total of 1,298 Navy Crosses were Awarded to members of the U.S. Navy for heroism or distinguished service during World War I.
5 Navy Chaplains (One of whom also received the DSC)
61 Navy Corpsmen
120 Naval Aviators
1 Navy Nurse (The first woman to earn the Navy Cross)
17 Navy Cross recipients also received the Distinguished Service Cross
1 Man earned TWO Navy Crosses in World War I
1 WWI Navy Cross recipient earned a Gold Star in Nicaragua
5 WWI recipients earned Gold Stars in World War II
One of these multiple recipients earned TWO Gold Stars in World War II
8 Men who had previously earned Medals of Honor earned the Navy Cross in World War I (Including double MOH recipient John McCloy.)
Alphabetical Roster of Recipients
A - G H - N P - Z
Name
Rank
Date of Action
Notes:
Haas, Walter S.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Home Water Patrols
Haggart, Robert S.
Lt. Comm.
June - Oct., 1918
Convoy Duty
Haines, Gordon W.
Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
Hale, David C.
Ensign
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Hale, Raymond W.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Hall, Irwin C.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hall, Richard W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hall, Walter A., Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Halliwill, Birney O.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Halsey, William F.., Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Halstead, Alexander S.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Hamblen, Tyler E.
GM 2/C
Nov. 7, 1918
USS Coyngham Incident
Hamm, Horace L.
Chief BWM
World War I
Submarine Action
Hammond, Edgar T.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hanberry, Reuel V.
Chief BWM
Nov. 28, 1917
SS Alberts Watts Torpedoed
Hancock, John M.
Comm. (SC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Hancock, Lewis, Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Submarine Action
Hannigan, John G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hansen, Samuel
Chief BWM
Nov. 28, 1917
Submarine Action
Hanson, Edward W.
Lt. (j.g.)
Summer, 1917
Cross Hemisphere Convoy
Hardaway, Corwin P.
Seaman
Aug. 1918
North Russia Expedition
Harlow, Hamilton
Lt. Comm.
Nov. 17, 1917
Submarine Action
Harmer, Jesse L.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Harrill, William K
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Harrington, Fred
Chief BWM 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Harris, Charles H.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Harris, Frederick R.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Harris, Haven F.
Chief BWM
Sept. 4, 1918
SS Dora Torpedoed
Harris, Ira L.
Chief MM
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Harris, William O.
Ensign
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Hart, Lauren D.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hartenstein, William
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hartley, Herbert
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hasbrouck, Raymond D.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hatch, William G. B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hatten, Earl R.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Haviland, Willis B.
Lt.
World War I
Naval Aviation
Haw, Curtis H.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hazard, Erskine
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hazzard, Norman K.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Headly, Alfred C.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Heartt, Phillip T.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Heath, William A.
BSM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Heil, Edward J.
Chief BWM
Feb. 19, 1918
Submarine Action
Hein, Herbert R.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Home Water Patrols
Heller, John C.
GM 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Hellweg, Julius F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Helm, James M.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Henderson, Ernest Lee
PM 3/C
Oct. 4, 1918
Corpsman
Henderson, Robert
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hennessey, William J.
Coxswain
Nov. 24, 1917
SS Actaeon Sinking
Henry, Walter O.
Lt. Comm.
Nov. 17, 1917
Submarine Action
Herbster, Victor D.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Submarine Action
Herrman, Bernard W.
PM 2/C
Sept. 15, 1918
Corpsman
Hersey, Mark L., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hewitt, Henry Kent
Gold Star (WWII)Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hicks, Donald M.
Ensign
Aug., 1918
North Russia Expedition
Hicks, Thomas H.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Higbee, Lenah Sutcliff
Superintendent
1918
Nurse Corps
Higgins, Michael
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hilton, James C.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Hinckley, Robert M.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hinds, Alfred W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hines, Harold K.
Capt. (Ret.)
Dec. 6, 1917
Administrative Service
Hines, John Fore
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hinkamp, Clarence N.
Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hodapp, John D. P.
Lt. Comm. (SC)
Summer, 1917
Cross Hemisphere Convoy
Hodge, James
Chief WT
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Hodges, A. F.
Fireman 1/C
Feb. 21, 1918
Barnegat Accident
Hodges, Charles E.
Ensign
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Hodgman, William A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hoffman, George
QM 2/C
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Hogg, Frank T.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Holcomb, Richmond C.
Comm. (MC)
World War I
Medical Officer
Holland, John
Chief BWM
Oct. 23, 1917
Submarine Action
Holliday, Thomas C.
QM 1/C
May 6, 1918
Naval Aviation
Hollyday, James E.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Homiak, Steif
Chief BWM
Dec. 5, 1917
SS Armenia Torpedoed
Hoogewerff, John A.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Hook, Frederick R. (DSC)
Lt.
June 6 & 7 & Oct. 3 - 10, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Hooper, Stanford C.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hoover, Earl E.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Hoover, George H.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Horne, Frederick J.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Howard, Douglas L.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Howard, Joseph H. P., Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Howard, William L.
R/Admiral
World War I
Convoy Duty
Howe, Alfred G.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Howe, Arthur W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Howie, Eben D.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hoyt, Henry W.
Lt.
Sept. 17, 1917
Naval Aviation
Hubbell, Louis B.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hudson, Ben Francis
Chief MM
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Huey, Sidney L.
Electrician 1/C
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Huffman, Lester D.
Lt. (MC)
Sept. 18 & Nov. 1 - 11, 1918
Meuse-Argonne, France
Hulings, Garnet
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hull, Roy E.
PM 2/C
Oct. 10, 1918
Corpsman
Hunsaker, Jerome C.
Comm. (CC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Hunt, Frank C.
Fireman 1/C
Sept. 19, 1918
USS Cuyama Accident
Hunt, Walter M.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hupp, John B.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Hurrell, William A.
Chief BWM
World War I
Submarine Action
Hussey, Charles L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Huston, Myron E.
GM 1/C
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Hutchins, Charles T., Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Hutchison, Benjamin F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ihrig, Russell M.
Ensign
Sept. 9, 1918
SS Missanabie Torpedoed
Ingalls, Davis S.
Lt.
Sept. 15, 1918
Naval Aviation
Ingersoll, Royal E.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Ingram, Jonas Howard
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Irwin, Noble Edward
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Iverson, Louis
Lt. (MC)
July 2, 1918
Medical Officer
Ives, George A.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Jackson, John P.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Jackson, Richard H.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
James, Alvah L.
Chief MM
World War I
Naval Aviation
James, Charles M.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
Jarvis, Harry W.
Chief PM
July 18, 1918
Corpsman
Jayne, Joseph L.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Jennings, Benjamin B.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Jennison, Charles Sumner (DSC)
PM 2/C
Oct. 4 - 6, 1918I
Corpsman
Jensen, Johannes F.
Comm.
Oct. 28, 1917
Submarine Action
Jessen, Frederick A.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Johansen, Elmer L.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Johnson, Albert R.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Johnson, Irvin
Chief BWM
Oct. 11, 1917
SS Luckenback Sub Action
Johnson, Isaac C., Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Johnson, Joseph Samuel
PM 3/C
June 9, 1918
Corpsman
Johnson, Lee P.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Johnson, Niels A.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Johnston, Marbury
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Johnston, Robert A.
Ensign
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Johnston, Rufus Zenas
Medal of Honor (Mexico)Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Johnstone, Roger
Yeoman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Jones, Charles E.
Fireman 1/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Jones, George A.
HA 1/C
June 6, 1918
Corpsman
Jones, Hayden H.
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Jones, Jay Rucker
MM 1/C
World War I
Naval Aviation
Jones, Vincent W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Jordan, Leland J., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Judd, David E.
Ensign
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Junkin, George B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Jurgensen, Frank
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Kaga, Raymond
PM 2/C
Sept. 15, 1918
Corpsman
Kalbfus, Edward C.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kane, William A.
Chief M/A
June 23, 1917
Submarine Action
Karleson, Frank E.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kasper, Laddie J.
Seaman
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Kauffman, James L.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kautz, Austin
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kearney, Thomas A.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Keiser, Carl E.
Ensign
World War I
Administrative Service
Keisker, Herman E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Keleher, Timothy J.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kelley, Andrew J.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kellogg, Edward Stanley
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kelly, James A.
Chief GM
Apr. 21 & Apr. 29, 1918
Submarine Action
Kelly, John J.
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Kelly, Lawrence J.
Chief Elt
Dec. 6, 1917
USS Jacob Jones Sinking
Kelly, Philip J.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kempff, Clarence S.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kennedy, Charles W.
Electrician 1/C
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Kennedy, Robert M.
R/Admiral (MC)
World War I
Medical Officer
Kennedy, Thomas
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Kennedy, William R.
Lt. Comm.
June 6, 1918
Submarine Action
Kent, Silas S.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kenyon, George W.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Keranen, Emil A.
BWM 2/C
Aug. 1918 - Feb. 1919
North Russia Expedition
Kerrick, Charles S.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kerrigan, Patrick John
Chief GM
June 6, 1917
Submarine Action
Kersten,Charles
Chief BWM
Oct. 21, 1918
Submarine Action
Kessler, William C.
Chief BWM
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Keyes, Frederick G.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Keyes, Kenneth B.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Kilmer, Oliver P.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Kimball, Lucian F.
Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
King, Albert L.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
King, Ernest Joseph
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
King, Joseph C.
Chief Turret Capt.
World War I
SS Paniche Fire
King, Ogden Doremus (DSC)
Lt. (j.g.)
June 9 & 10, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
King, Wallace A.
BWM 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Kinkle, Clyde A.
PM 3/C
July 19 & Oct. 8 - 9, 1918
Corpsman
Kipp, Walter Douglas
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kirkman, Van L., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kittelle, Summer E. W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kittinger, Theodore A.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Klein, George F.
Chief PM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Klein, Jacob H., Jr.
Comm.
May 31, 1918
USS President Lincoln Torpedoed
Klemann, John V.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Kline, George W.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Knott, George
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Knowles, George W.
Chief QM
World War I
Naval Aviation
Knox, Dudley W.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Knox, Forney M.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Koehler, Hugo W.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Koester, Oscar W.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Kurtz, Thomas R.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Labelle, Gregorie F. J.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Lackey, Henry E.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Lake, George E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lally, William F.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lamberton, Roy F.
Coxswain
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Land, Emory S.
Comm. (CC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Landenberger, George
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lane, George H.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lang, Edward K.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Langner, Frederick W.
Chief BWM
Aug. 7, 1917
Submarine Action
Laning, Harris
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Lannon, James Patrick
Medal of Honor (Mexico)Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Larimer, Edgar B.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
LaRoche, Francis A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lassing, Walter H.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Latimer, Julian L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Law, George B.
PM 1/C
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Lawler, Robert J.
Lt. (MC)
Sept. 12 - 16 & Oct. 1 - 9, 1918
St. Mihiel, France
Lawrence, Arthur N.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Laws, George W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lawton, Sanford
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Layton, Lester K.
HA 1/C
July 19, 1918
Corpsman
Leahy, Lamar R.
Comm.
Nov. 28, 1917
Submarine Action
Leahy, William D.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Leary, Clarence F.
Lt.
July 20, 1918
USS Charlton Hall Fire
Leary, Herbert F.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
LeBas, Harry E.
PM 1/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Lebreton, David McD.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
LeConte, Robert G.
Lt. Comm. (MC)
June 3 - 7, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Lee, Benjamin
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Lee, Lewis H.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Lee, Oscar H.
Seaman 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Lee, Walter Francis
MM 2/C
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Lee, William H.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Leeck, Walter Arthur
Seaman
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Lehan, Ralph A.
Ensign
Oct., 1918
Naval Aviation
Leonhardt, Eugene F.
GM 1/C
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Leovy, George Julian, Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Leutriz, Gustav A. C.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Lewis, S. J.
PM 2/C
Oct. 4, 1918
Corpsman
Lewis, Spencer S.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Libby, Charles J.
Boilermaker
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Lincoln, Gatewood S.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lind, Wallace L.
Lt. Comm.
May 31, 1918
USS President Lincoln Torpedoed
Lindberg, John C.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Lindholm, William
Coxswain
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Linn, Winfield S.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Litchfield, John Russell (DSC)
PM 2/C
Sept. 15, 1918
Corpsman
Little, Charles G.
Lt.
World War I
Naval Aviation
Little, Leon M.
Lt. (j.g.)
Nov. 17 & 21, 1917
Submarine Action
Littlefield, William L.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Litton, George R.
Carpenter
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Locy, Francis E.
Lt. (MC)
June 6 & 7, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Logan, George C.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Logan, James J.
MM 1/C
Feb. 10, 1918
USS Victor Fire
Logan, Marion B.
Chief QM
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Lohrke, James L.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Loomis, Daniel David
BWM 2/C
Nov. 17, 1917
Submarine Action
Loomis, Ralph Lane
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Lovett, Robert A.
Lt.
Oct. & Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Luby, John M.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ludlow, George H.
Ensign
Aug. 21, 1918
Naval Aviation
Lufkin, Hall N.
PM 3/C
World War I
Corpsman
Lupton, Roland W.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lutomski, Stanley F.
Chief GM
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Lynch, Francis R. V.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
*Lynch, Roscoe
Engineman 2/C
Sept. 30, 1918
USS Ticonderoga Sub Action
Lyon, Frank
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Lyons, Charles John
Chief BWM
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Lyons, David
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
MacArthur, Arthur
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
MacCormack, Edward C.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
MacDougall, William D.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
MacFarlane, Fred H. C.
Chief MM
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Mack, Cornelius H.
Lt. Comm.
June 12 & July 19, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
MacKenzie, John
Chief BWM
World War I
USS Remlik Accident
*MacLeish, Kenneth
Lt.
Oct., 1918
Naval Aviation
MacNair, James D.
Lt. (Chaplain)
June 6 - 14, 1918
Chaplain
Madison, Zachariah H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Maennale, Frederick William
