The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Chief Machinist’s Mate Rudolph Alicke, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism while serving on the U.S.S. TICONDEROGA in action with a German submarine, 30 September 1918. When that vessel was torpedoed, Chief Machinist’s Mate Alicke remained below and performed duty in the engine room after the engineer officer on watch had deserted his post and gone on deck. Chief Machinist’s Mate Alicke thereby lost his life.