Claude F. Reynaud

The Navy Cross is awarded to Lieutenant Claude F. Reynaud, U.S. Navy (Reserve Forces), for distinguished service in the line of his profession as officer of the deck of the U.S.S. Lydonia on the occasion of an encounter with a submarine, when by his prompt and correct action the Lydonia was enabled to attack with depth bombs and, in conjunction with H.M.S. Basilisk, to destroy the submarine.