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Martin
Kellog
Metcalf

Martin Metcalf graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1903. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Rear Admiral

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 343 (October 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Rear Admiral Martin Kellog Metcalf, United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Director of Convoy and Routing for Commander in Chief, United States Fleet during World War II.

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. O’Brien

    Action Date:

    June 9, 1918

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Martin Kellog Metcalf, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. O’BRIEN, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and. Protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity; and particularly for good seamanship displayed on the occasion of the rescue of the Captain and part of the crew of the S.S. VANDALIA, following the torpedoing of that vessel on 9 June 1918.