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  • October 18, 2021

    For actions taken on February 27, 1984:

    The Maritime Administration does not have the original Gallant Ship Award citation for this vessel.

    Halter Marine in Lockport, Louisiana, built the offshore supply vessel M/V...

  • October 18, 2021

    For Actions taken on February 27, 1984:

    The Maritime Administration does not have the original Gallant Ship Award citation for this vessel.

    McDermott New Iberia Shipyard, in New Iberia, Louisiana, built the offshore supply...

  • October 14, 2021
  • October 14, 2021

    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...

  • October 8, 2021

    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,...

  • October 8, 2021

    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 ...

  • October 8, 2021

    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...