The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting Legion of Merit to Commander Ralph R. Curry, United States Coast Guard, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. PRIDE during an attack on an enemy submarine of the Algerian coast on 4 May 1944. When a sound contact was established indicating an enemy submarine in the area, Commander Curry maneuvered his ship so skill fully that his actions greatly assisted in the search and the delivery of successful depth charge attack, which forced the submarine to the surface. The enemy was forced to scuttle and abandon ship. His relentless attack contributed materially to the sinking of the submarine.