Gilbert J. Rowcliff

The Navy Cross is presented to Gilbert J. Rowcliff, Commander, U.S. Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as gunnery officer on the staff of the commander, Battleship Force 2 of the Atlantic Fleet, in which capacity during a trip abroad he acquired valuable information as to foreign methods of fire control which were later applied by him with excellent results in improving target practice in the Atlantic Fleet.