ROBINSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Captain of the Hold, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840,
Cuba. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 82, 23 February 1867.
Citation:
With Acting Ensign James H. Bunting, during the heavy gale which occurred in Pensacola
Bay on the night of 19 January 1867, Robinson swam ashore with a line for the purpose of
sending off a blowcock, which would facilitate getting up steam and prevent the vessel
from stranding, thus voluntarily periling his life to save the vessel and the lives of
others.