Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Medal of Honor

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ordinary Seaman

    Division:

    U.S.S. Plymouth

    Action Date:

    August 7, 1876

    War Department, General Orders No. 218 (August 24, 1876)

    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Ordinary Seaman Michael Connolly, United States Navy, for distinguished and heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S.S. Plymouth, Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, 7 August 1876. Acting gallantly, Ordinary Seaman Connolly succeeding in rescuing a citizen from drowning on this date.