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Sherwood
Picking
February 21, 1890

–

September 1, 1941

Sherwood Picking graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1911. He retired as a U.S. Navy Captain.

Awards Received

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

    Division:

    U.S.S. O-10

    Action Date:

    World War I

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Sherwood Picking, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commander of the U.S.S. 0-10, making passage to the Azores and operating in European waters against enemy submarines during World War I.