Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Benjamin
Maurice
Chiswell
March 7, 1875

–

July 26, 1942

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Benjamin Chiswell entered service in the Coast Guard as a cadet in 1894 and was commissioned in 1896 through the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service. In 1929 he was appointed the FIRST Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard and retired as a U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral in 1934.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Coast Guard

    Rank:

    Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. Algonquin

    Action Date:

    1918

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Benjamin Maurice Chiswell, United States Coast Guard, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALGONQUIN, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, during World War I.