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Events from the Official DECK LOG RECORDS of the USS SALT LAKE CITY CA25 July, 1943 List of Information Transcribed from Copies of Originals |
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July 1st, 1943 - NO REMARKS
July 2nd, 1943 Transferred the following named men to the US Naval Air Station Dispensary for treatment and further transfer with bags, hammocks, records and accounts. Todd, M. H., CMM Shaw, C. W., CWT Guess, O. A., MM1c Hurry, D. L., FC2c Perez, J. S., S2c Zoske, J. E., WT2c received the following injury while scraping flange in #8 boiler. Laceration: Tendon severed on right thumb. Negligence not apparent. Was not admitted to sick list. Treatment: Wound cleansed and tendon sutured. Sterile dressing and splint applied by Lt. R. N. Whitehead. July 3rd, 1943 Fitzsimmons, E. J., ACMM left the ship for further transfer to Composite Squadron 33 for duty, with bag, hammock, records and accounts. The following named men left the ship for further transfer to ComAir for assignment with bags, hammocks, records, and accounts: Timmons, W. E., AOM1c, July 4th, 1943 - NO REMARKS July 5th, 1943 The Commanding Officer, in the name of the President of the United States, presented the Silver Star Medal to CITATION:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity aboard the USS NORTHAMPTON during action against enemy Japanese naval forces off Savo Island on the night of November 30, 1942. After his ship was badly damaged by a torpedo explosion, Lieutenant (junior grade) John A. McWaid, ordered to abandon his battle station, organized and led a fire-fighting party to the searchlight platform directly above the boat deck fire. Although exploding ammunition showered his position with shell fragments and burning powder, he continued to direct a hose against the spreading flames until the ship's water supply failed. His heroic conduct, maintained at great risk in the face of grave danger, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."
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