Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Vice Admiral

    Action Date:

    December 12, 1937

    Awarded special legislation: Public Law No. 581, 75th Congress, 1937

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Vice Admiral Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe, British Royal Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service during the bombing and loss of the U.S.S. PANAY (PR-5), when that vessel was attacked by Japanese airplanes during patrol in the Yangtze River, China, on 12 December 1937.