Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy) Explained

Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy)
Presenter:Department of the Navy
Type:Service medal
Awarded For:Service in the Cuban Pacification
Status:Obsolete
Established:13 August 1909
Higher:China Campaign Medal[1]
Same:Cuban Pacification Medal (Army)
Lower:Nicaraguan Campaign Medal

The Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy) is a military award of the United States Navy which was created by orders of the United States Navy Department on 13 August 1909. The medal was awarded to officers and enlisted men who served ashore in Cuba between 12 September 1906 and 1 April 1909, or who were attached to a specific number of ships, for the Cuban Pacification.[2]

Eligible ships

The crews of the following ships were awarded the Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy) for service during the noted periods of time:[3]

Ship Dates Ship Dates
11–16 February 1907 7 October–1 November 1906
28 September 1906 – 15 January 1907 21 September 1906 – 13 January 1907
20 October 1906 – 17 April 1907 12 September 1906 – 2 October 1906
15 September 1906 – 25 January 1907 12–21 September 1906
7 January 1907 – 18 August 1907
18–19 May 1907 4 December 1906 – 1 June 1907
11–16 February 1907 30 September–8 October 1906
11–16 February 1907
11–16 February 1907 30 September–9 October 1906
21 September–13 October 1906
25–29 December 1906
14 September 1906 – 9 October 1907
18–21 January 1907
7 February 1907–7 February 1908
18–25 March 1908
15–16 April 1908
27 May–9 June 1908
30 June–11 July 1908
22 September–22 October 1906 22 September–9 November 1906
21 September–13 October 1906 12 September 1906 – 1 April 1909
6 October–21 November 1906
29 January–16 May 1907
25–31 December 1908
17–23 January 1909
21 September 1906 – 26 February 1907
9–30 October 1906 21 September–13 October 1906

Notes and References

  1. Wearing of decorations, medals, badged and ribbons. All Hands. July 1947. 365. 35.
  2. Book: United States Navy Dept. General Orders of Navy Department, series of 1913 Orders Remaining in Force Up to January 29, 1918. 1918. Government Printing Office. Washington. 216.
  3. Book: Bureau of Naval Personnel. Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual (NavPers 15,790, Rev 1953). 1953. Department of the Navy. Washington, D.C.. 42. 9 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170107061839/https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/%28vwDocsByID%29/DL071003091042/$file/Intro.pdf. 7 January 2017. dead.