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John
Fore
Hines

John Hines graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1892. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Cruiser and Transport Fleet, Newport News Division

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 116 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Captain John Fore Hines, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Chief of Staff of the Commander, Cruiser and Transport Fleet, Newport News Division.

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Cleveland & U.S.S. Charleston

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain John Fore Hines, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. CLEVELAND and the U.S.S. CHARLESTON, engaged in the important, exacting, and hazardous duty of escorting convoys of troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I, also for duty as Chief of Staff to the Commander, Newport News Division, Cruiser and Transport Force and Harbor Floating Equipment.