For actions on January 14, 1970

Gallant Ship Award Citation:

On late afternoon January 14, 1970, the PRESIDENT JACKSON having lost all radio antennas before dawn in full storm winds and mountainous seas, reestablished...

For actions on October 26, 1961

Gallant Ship Award Citation:

Responding to a distress call on October 26, 1961, from the Japanese Ship SS FUKUZAN MARU foundering in mountainous seas on the edge of a typhoon,...

For actions on February 3, 1964

Gallant Ship Award citation:

“Responding to a distress call from the Liberian Vessel AGIA ERINI L., foundering and breaking up in heavy seas, the PRESIDENT WILSON ...

For actions on July 25, 1956

Gallant Ship Award citation:

Responding unhesitatingly to an SOS from the sinking ANDREA DORIA off Nantucket Island in the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956, the CAPE ANN...

For actions on September 12, 1942

Gallant Ship Award Citation:

During a long voyage to north Russia, SS NATHANAEL GREENE was under incessant and violent attack by enemy planes and submarines. In most gallant fashion,...

For Actions on June 23, 1986.

Gallant Ship Award Citation:

On June 23, 1986, fire broke out at the Hess Oil Terminal, Brooklyn, New York. The fire ignited combustibles on the decks of two tank barges, S.T. 65 and S.T....

Historical Documents and Publications

• America Builds Ships: The Program of the United States Maritime Commission
  A 1940...