Harley F. Cope
Born: 1/8/1898 - Dallas, TX
Home Town: New Orleans, LA
The Navy Cross is presented to Harley F. Cope, Commander, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Salinas, in handling his ship and crew, when that vessel was torpedoed on October 30, 1941, and in bringing his ship safely to port, under most difficult circumstances, after it had sustained severe damage in an engagement with an enemy submarine.
