Huntington English

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant (j.g.) Huntington English, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for distinguished service in the line of his profession on the occasion of the torpedoing of the Finland on October 28, 1917, when he jumped overboard from the U.S.S. Wakiva in a rough sea and rescued a soldier who had jumped over-board from the Finland. Later, as fire control officer of the Wakiva, Lieutenant English participated in an engagement with a submarine on November 28, 1917, as a result of which the submarine was severely damaged, if not actually destroyed.