The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Electrician First Class Raymond L. Dormandy, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving on the U.S. Submarine 0-6, when that vessel was fired upon in an awash condition and hulled six times on 7 August 1918. Stationed at the main motor controllers, over which water from leaks was pouring, short circuiting some of the leaks, Electrician First Class Dormandy kept his position, throwing the controller in and thus keeping the vessel under control though suffering electric shocks, until the vessel was out of danger.