Martin K. Metcalf

The Navy Cross is awarded to Commander Martin K. Metcalf, U.S. 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 Vandalia, following the torpedoing of that vessel.