Norman P. Earle

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Norman P. Earle, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as officer of the deck of the U.S.S. Wadsworth on July 29, 1917, on the occasion of an encounter with an enemy submarine. Lieutenant Earle was the first to sight the submarine and acted promptly and correctly in changing the course, and when in the proper position he dropped a depth charge which is believed to have either crippled the submarine or destroyed it.