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Yates Stirling graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1892. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. President Lincoln

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Yates Stirling, Jr., United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. PRESIDENT LINCOLN, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.