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The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Chief Gunner’s Mate Lew D. Ranney, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commander of the Armed Guard of the S.S. NAVAJO, and in an encounter with an enemy submarine. On 11 April 1918, a submarine was sighted in the evening and three shots were fired at it by the ship, and one by the escorting patrol. The submarine submerged and disappeared.

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