Interim (1871 - 1898)
- Atkins, Daniel
- Rank and organization: Ship's Cook, First Class, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1867, Brunswick, Va. Accredited to: Virginia. G.O. No.: 489, 20 May 1898. Citation:
On board the U.S.S. Cushing, 11 February 1898. Showing gallant conduct, Atkins attempted
to save the life of the late Ens. Joseph C. Breckenridge, U.S. Navy, who fell overboard at
sea from that vessel on this date.
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- Davis, John
- Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1854,
Kingslow, Jamaica. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Trenton,
Toulon, France, February 1881. Jumping overboard, Davis rescued Augustus Ohlensen,
coxswain, from drowning.
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- Johnson, John
- Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839,
Philadelphia, Pa. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 176, 9 July 1872. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Kansas near Greytown, Nicaragua 12 April 1872, Johnson
displayed great coolness and self-possession ai the time Comdr. A. F. Crosman and others
were drowned and, by extraordinary heroism and personal exertion, prevented greater loss
of life.
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- Johnson, William
- Rank and organization: Cooper, U.S. Navy. Born: 1855, St.
Vincent West Indies. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation:
Serving on board the U.S.S. Adams at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif., 14 November 1879,
Johnson rescued Daniel W. Kloppen, a workman, from drowning.
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- Noil, Joseph B.
- Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Nova
Scotia. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Powhatan at
Norfolk, 26 December 1872, Noil saved Boatswain J. C. Walton from drowning.
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- Smith, John
- Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1854, Bermuda.
Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Citation: For jumping overboard
from the U.S.S. Shenandoah, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 September 1880, and rescuing
from drowning James Grady, first class fireman.
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- Sweeney, Robert Augustus
- Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born. 1853
Montreal, Canada. Accredited to: New Jersey. G.O. No.: 326, 18 October 1884. Second award.
Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Kearsarge, at Hampton Roads, Va., 26 October 1881,
Sweeney jumped overboard and assisted in saving from drowning a shipmate who had fallen
overboard into a strongly running tide.
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