Ralph E. Pope
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The Navy Cross is awarded to Captain Ralph E. Pope, U.S. Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Surveyor engaged in convoy duty in the Mediterranean on May 15, 1918, when the Surveyor with the U.S.S. Wheeling and U.S.S. Venetia encountered a submarine and attacked with depth charges with the result that the submarine is believed to have been sunk.