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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:
O’Brien, Robert C.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
O’Brien, William F.
Chief BWM
Oct. 17, 1918
USATC Lucia Torpedoed
O’Connor, Cornelius J.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
O’Douherty, James Patrick
Engineman 2/C
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
*O’Gorman, Matthew E.
Yeoman 1/C
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Oats, Eugene T.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Oehl, Alfred H.
Chief BWM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Old, Edward H. H.
Capt. (MC)
World War I
Medical Officer
Oliver, James H.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Olsen, Frederick A.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Olsen, Norman
QM 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Oman, Charles M.
Comm.
World War I
Medical Officer
Oman, Joseph W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Opperud, Edward
Coxswain
Apr. 13, 1918
USS City of Wilmington Sinking
Osterhaus, Hugo
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Osterhaus, Hugo W.
Capt.
May 17, 1918
Submarine Action
Osterhouse, Harry
Chief Turret Capt.
June 10, 1917
SS Petrolite Sinking
Otis, James S.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Ott, Wilden A.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Overstreet, Luther M.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Owens, Charles T.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Owens, Rufus Wallace
Chief BWM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Page, Schuyler C., Jr.
Electrician 2/C
World War I
Naval Aviation
Page, Thomas N.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Palmer, Clyde N.
Ensign
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Pardee, Wilford H.
Chief BWM
World War I
Submarine Action
Park, Albert N.
Lt. (j.g.) (Chaplain)
Oct. 4, 1918
Chaplain
Parker, Austin
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Parker, Jacob Stanley
Chief GM
Aug. 15 - 20, 1918
USS Westbridge Rescue
Parker, Ralph C.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Parrot, George Fountain
Lt.
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Parsons, Archibald L.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
*Patterson, William Claud
Fireman 1/C
Sept. 30, 1918
USS Ticonderoga Sub Action
Payne, Garrison
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pearson, Ross C.
Ensign
World War I
Administrative Service
Pedeson, Olaf
Coxswain
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Pence, Harry L.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pennington, John D.
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Peoples, Christian J.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Perkins, Fred M.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Peterman, Walter G.
Chief Elt
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Peterson, Axel
Chief GM
Aug. 27, 1917
Submarine Action
Pettengill, George T.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Phelps, William W.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Phillips, Bennie C.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Phillips, Charles H.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Picking, Sherwood
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Piercey, Ernest R.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pilkerton, Alvin W. (DSC)
HA 1/C
July 19, 1918
Corpsman
Pitt, Clarence B.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pollock, Edwin T.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Poole, Charlie C.
GM 2/C
Oct. 7, 1918
USS Downes Incident
Poole, Leland C.
Chief GM
Feb. 1 & 2, 1918
K-6 Rescue
Pope, Ralph E.
Capt.
May 15, 1918
Submarine Action
Porter, William B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Poteet, Fred Halstead
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Potter, Stephen
Ensign
Mar. 13, 1918
Naval Aviation
*Pou, Edwin S.
Ensign
Sept. 17 & Oct. 26, 1918
Naval Aviation
Powers, Frederick D.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pownall, Charles A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pratt, Lester L.
Lt. Comm. (MC)
June 3 & 11, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Pratt, Malcom L.
Lt. (MC)
June 11 & Sept. 13, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Preston, Charles F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Price, Henry B.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pryor, William L.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Puleston, William D.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Purdy, Herbert McLean
Lt.
Sept. 21, 1918
Naval Aviation
Purdy, Warren F.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Purnell, William R.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Pye, William S.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Raby, James J.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rafferty, Albert W.
Seaman
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Raguet, Edward C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Ranney, Lew D.
Chief GM
Apr. 11, 1918
Submarine Action
Ransom, Philip C.
Lt.
World War I
Submarine Action
Read, F. Allerton, Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Read, Oliver M., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Read, Russell B.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Administrative Service
Reed, Allen B.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Reese, Walter W.
Fireman 1/C
Sept. 29, 1918
Submarine Action
Reeves, Joseph M.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Reifsnider, Laurence F.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Reinicke, Frederick G.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Reinlein, Frank G.
MM 1/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Reister, Junius E.
PM 3/C
June 6, 1918
Corpsman
Reiter, Joseph E.
Chief GM
Feb. 25 & Mar. 1, 1918
Submarine Action
Reno, Walter E.
Lt.
Summer, 1917
Cross Hemisphere Convoy
Reynaud, Claude F.
Lt.
World War I
Submarine Action
Rice, Emery
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rice, Estill L.
Lt. (MC)
Oct. 16, 1917
SS Luckenback Sub Action
Rice, J. L.
Fireman 2/C
Feb. 21, 1918
Barnegat Accident
Richardson, Thomas P.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Richardson, William A.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Richmond, Kenneth Calvin
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Rickey, William Stephen
Chief WT
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Riddle, William K.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Riebe, Herbert B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Riefkohl, Frederick L.
Lt.
Aug. 2, 1917
Submarine Action
Riis, Sergius M.
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Riley, Edward C.
Lt. (j.g.)
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Riley, Joseph
Chief GM
Aug. 6, 1917
SS Montanan Sinking
Ringelman, Gustave A.
Lt. (j.g.)
Sept. 30, 1918
USS Ticonderoga Sub Action
Roach, John
Fireman 1/C
Mar. 22, 1919
USS Patuxent Explosion
Robbins, T. H., Jr.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Robbins, Walter
Chief MM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Roberts, Frank H.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Roberts, Harold C.
Gold Star(Nicaragua), 2d GS (WWII)PM 3/C
June 7, 1918
Corpsman
Roberts, William J.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Robertson, Ashley H.
R/Admiral
Mar. 1 - Apr. 4, 1918
Administrative Service
Robinette, Edward B.
Lt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Robinson, Ernest F.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Robinson, Francis M.
Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
Robison, John K.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Robison, Samuel S.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Rock, George H.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Rockwell, Francis W.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rockwell, Sherburne B.
Ensign
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Rodemich, Lorraine F.
PM 3/C
July 18, 1918
Corpsman
Rodgers, William L.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Roe, George T.
Lt. Comm.
May 30, 1918
Naval Aviation
Rogers, John W.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Rogers, Robert E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rohange, Robert
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Roil, John R.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Rollhaus, Philip Edward
Electrician 3/C
July 9, 1918
Naval Aviation
Roman, Stanley F.
Chief BWM
Sept. 9, 1918
SS Missanabie Torpedoed
Romspert, John W.
Chief GM
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Rood, George A.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Roper, Walter G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ropke, Harry A.
MM 1/C
World War I
Naval Aviation
Ross, Charles C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Ross, George G.
Lt. (MC)
June 3 - 7, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Rouseau, Harry H.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Rowcliff, Gilbert J.
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Royall, Hilary H.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rubinkam, Nathaniel
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Rundquist, Karl
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Rush, William Rees
Medal of Honor (Mexico)Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Russell, Charles F.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Russell, John S.
Chief MM
Feb. 16, 1918
USS Cleveland Fire
Russell, Thomas Nathan (DSC)
PM
Nov. 1 - 11, 1918
Corpsman
Ryan, Claude H.
Chief BWM
May 2, 1918
SS Tyler Torpedoed
Ryan, Patrick Thomas
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Ryeberg, Richard E.
Chief GM
July 2, 1918
Naval Hospital Fire
Sadler, Frank H.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sammons, Benjamin F.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Samuelson, Albert F.
Seaman
Nov. 24, 1917
SS Actaeon Sinking
Sanders, David T.
BWM 1/C
July 1, 1918
USS Covington Torpedoed
Sanghove, Clifford J.
Ensign
Sept. 30, 1918
USS Ticonderoga Sub Action
Saunders, James A.
Lt.
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Sayles, William R.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Schaperow, James H.
Chief BWM
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Schieffelin, John J.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Schlosberg, Philip
Chief M/A
June 8, 1918
Submarine Action
Schmidt, William H.
Chief BWM
Oct. 12, 1918
Submarine Action
Schofield, Frank H.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Schoonmaker, Earl
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Schroeder, William H.
Seaman 2/C
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Schuyler, Garret L.
Comm.
World War I
French Railway Battery
Schwimmer, Charles Edwin
BWM 2/C
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Scott, Harry Alonza
Engineman 2/C
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Scott, Randolph Wilson
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sears, Claire G.
Chief GM
Aug. 15, 1918
SS Cubore Torpedoed
Seibert, Walter
Lt.
World War I
Home Water Patrols
Seiler, Edwin J.
Chief GM
June 10, 1917
Submarine Action
Seiler, Walter L.
QM 1/C
Aug. 13, 1918
Naval Aviation
Seligman, Morton T.
Gold Star (WWII)Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Seligman, William H.
Chief GM
Feb. 27, 1918
Submarine Action
Sellers, David F.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Semple, Robert
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Senn, Thomas J.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Setliff, Guy Murlen
MM 2/C
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Sexton, Walton R.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Seymour, Philip
Lt.
June 1, 1917
Submarine Action
Shabouth, Anthony
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Shackford, Chauncey
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Shafroth, John F., Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
*Sharkey, William Joseph
Lt. (j.g.)
Oct. 6, 1918
O-5 Explosion
Shatto, Lawrence
Coxswain
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Shaw, George W.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Naval Aviation
Shaw, Harold D.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Shaw, Howard R.
Ensign
May 21, 1918
Submarine Action
Shaw, William T.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Shea, John F.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Shea, Patrick Francis
Water Tender
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Shea, Richard O'B (DSC)
Lt. (MC)
June 6, 1918
Belleau Wood, France
Sherer, William H.
Chief GM
July 24, 1918
Submarine Action
Sherman, Frederick Carl
1st & 2nd Gold Star (WWII)Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Shoemaker, Harry E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Shoemaker, William R.
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Shonerd, Henry G.
Comm.
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Shoup, Aubrey K.
Comm.
World War I
North Sea Mine Laying
Shuey, Ralph Waldo E.
Chief Yeoman
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Simmer, Tony
PM 1/C
World War I
Corpsman
Simmons, Joseph Stephen
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Simons, Manley H.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Simpson, C. Isaac
Chief BWM
Oct. 17, 1918
HMS Huntscliffe Sinking
Simpson, Edward
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Simpson, George W.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sistare, Reginal W.
Electrician 3/C
June - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Slayton, Charles C.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Slingluff, Frank, Jr.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smart, Alexander
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smith, A. K.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Smith, Alvin W.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Smith, Charles D.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smith, Charles E.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smith, Charles Weldon
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smith, Edward M.
Chief BWM
Oct. 8, 1917
Submarine Action
Smith, Eugene M.
QM
World War I
Naval Aviation
Smith, Joseph M. B.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Smith, Kenneth R.
Lt.
Apr. 22, 1918
Naval Aviation
Smith, Martin X.
Ensign
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Smith, Roy Campbell
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Smith, Stuart Farrar
Capt. (CC)
World War I
Administrative Service
Smith, Thomas Ray
PM 1/C
Oct. 3 - 10, 1918
Corpsman
Smitha, Carl Thomas
Water Tender
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Snow, Herbert E.
Lt.
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Snowden, Thomas
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Snyder, Charles J.
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Snyder, Charles P.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sorensen, Peter K.
Chief BWM
Sept. 15, 1917
SS Platuria Torpedoed
Sowell, Ingram C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Speaker, Albert
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Spear, Evans F.
Coxswain
Sept. 9, 1918
SS Missanabie Torpedoed
Spear, Ray
Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Spear, William R.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Speicher, Paul E.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sprague, William G.
Ensign
Oct. 26, 1918
Naval Aviation
Springer, Paul
Ensign
World War I
Convoy Duty
Stanbaugh, Mortimer G.
Water Tender
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Stanford, Homer R.
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Stanley, Henry A.
Lt.
World War I
North Sea Mine Clearing
Stanley, John
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Stapler, John T. G.
Comm.
World War I
Home Water Patrols
Staton, Adolphus C.
Comm.
Sept. 5, 1918
USS Mount Vernon Torpedoed
Staton, Ennis Calvin
HA 1/C
World War I
Corpsman
Staub, John F.
Ensign
July 9, 1918
Naval Aviation
Stawitzki, John F.
Chief GM
Oct. 15, 1917
USS Cassin Torpedoed
Steckel, Abner M.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Steele, George W., Jr.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Steffen, Joseph, Jr.
Chief GM
World War I
Submarine Action
Stephens, John H.
BWM 1/C
May 18, 1918
USS Rockefeller Sinking
Stephenson, Grant T.
Lt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Stewart, Ralph R.
Lt.
Summer, 1917
Cross Hemisphere Convoy
Stickney, Herman Osman
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Stirling, Archibald G.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Stirling, Yates, Jr.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Stitt, Edward R.
R/Admiral
World War I
Medical Officer
Stocker, Robert
Capt.
World War I
Administrative Service
Stocker, Robert M.
Ensign
Sept. - Nov., 1918
Naval Aviation
Stone, Andrew J.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Stone, Emory A.
Ensign
Mar. 16, 1918
Naval Aviation
Stone, George L. P., Sr.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Strader, Ralph N.
Lt. (j.g.)
World War I
Administrative Service
Strahan, Philip J.
QM 2/C
World War I
Accident at Sea
Strine, Howard F.
Comm. (MC)
World War I
Medical Officer
Strott, George G.
C/Pharm. Mate
June 1 & July 19, 1918
Corpsman
Stuart, Kimberley
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
*Sturtevant, Albert D.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Suberg, Fred Henry
Chief WT
Oct. 9, 1918
USS Shaw Collision
Sullivan, James Eugene
Chief BWM
Sept. 11, 1917
Submarine Action
Sullivan, Thomas P.
Seaman
Apr. 17, 1918
Florence H Explosion
Swasey, George T., Jr.
Comm.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Sweet, George C.
Lt. Comm.
World War I
Administrative Service
Symington, Powers A.
Capt.
World War I
Convoy Duty
Taber, Leslie R.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Taggart, John E.
Electrician 3/C
July 19, 1918
Naval Aviation
Talbot, Albert B.
Lt.
World War I
Naval Aviation
Talliaferro, Albert P.
Ensign
World War I
Naval Aviation
Tappan, Benjamin
R/Admiral
World War I
Administrative Service
Tarbell, George E.
Lt. (j.g.)
