Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Chief Boatswain’s Mate

    Division:

    U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire

    Action Date:

    April 21, 1882

    War Department, General Orders No. 326 (October 18, 1884)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Chief Boatswain’s Mate Jeremiah Troy, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in jumping overboard from the U.S. Training Ship New Hampshire, at Newport, Rhode Island, 21 April 1882, and rescuing from drowning Francis T. Price, Third Class Boy.