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{{Short description|U.S. Naval Service medal for valor}}
{{About|the United States Navy award for valor|other awards named "Navy Cross"|Navy Cross (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox award
|name=Navy Cross
|image=Navy Cross.png
|image_size=150px
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|presenter=[[United States Department of the Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf |title= Navy and Marine Corps awards manual|access-date=2018-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918020113/https://awards.navy.mil/awards/webdoc01.nsf/(vwDocsByID)/DL060927142728/$file/1650.1H.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|type=Service cross medal
|eligibility= Marines and naval sailors of the United States
|awarded_for=Extraordinary heroism in combat
|status=Currently awarded
|established= Act of Congress ([[s:United States Statutes at Large/Volume 40/65th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 14|Public Law 65-253]]), approved on February 4, 1919.
|firstawarded=1919
|lastawarded=
|total_awarded=c. 5,400 (as of December 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recipients of the Navy Cross |website=valor.militarytimes.com |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/search.php?medal=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209094326/http://valor.militarytimes.com:80/search.php?medal=3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-12-09}}</ref>
|total_awarded_posthumously=
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|individual=
|higher=[[Medal of Honor]]
|same= {{Plain list|
* Army: [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]
* Air and Space Forces: [[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]]
* Coast Guard: [[Coast Guard Cross]]
}}
|lower=Department of Defense: [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]]<br />Department of Homeland Security: [[Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal]]
|image2=[[File:Navy Cross ribbon.svg|border|124px]]
|caption2=[[Service ribbon]]
}}

The '''Navy Cross''' is the [[United States Naval Service]]'s second-highest [[Awards and decorations of the United States military|military decoration]] awarded for sailors and marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force.<ref>SECNAVYINST 2006, 1650.1H, P. 2--22&23</ref> The medal is equivalent to the Army's [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], the Air and Space Forces' [[Air Force Cross (United States)|Air Force Cross]], and the [[Coast Guard Cross]].

The Navy Cross is bestowed by the [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] and may also be awarded to members of the other armed services, and to foreign military personnel while serving with the U.S. Naval Service. The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress ([[s:United States Statutes at Large/Volume 40/65th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 14|Public Law 65-253]]) and approved on February 4, 1919.

==History==
The Navy Cross was instituted in part due to the entrance of the United States into [[World War I]]. Many European nations had the custom of decorating heroes from other nations, but the [[Medal of Honor]] was the sole U.S. award for valor at the time.<ref name="NHC">{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/awards/decorations/navy-cross2.html|title=The Navy Cross|date=January 17, 2018|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> The Army instituted the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] and [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] in 1918, while the Navy followed suit in 1919, retroactive to 6 April 1917. Originally, the Navy Cross was lower in precedence than the Medal of Honor and the [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]], because it was awarded for both combat heroism and for "other distinguished service."<ref name="NHC"/> Congress revised this on 7 August 1942, making the Navy Cross a combat-only decoration that follows the Medal of Honor in order of precedence. Since the medal was established, it has been awarded more than 6,300 times.<ref name="NHC"/> It was designed by [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]].<ref name="NHC" /> Since the [[11 September 2001 attacks]] the Navy Cross has been awarded 47 times, with two of them having the name of the recipient held in secret.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brook |first=Tom Vanden |date=5 December 2016 |title=Navy secretary recommends two Medals of Honor |url=https://www.navytimes.com/articles/navy-secretary-recommends-two-medals-of-honor |newspaper=NavyTimes |access-date=30 December 2016 }}</ref> One of those secret awardings was due to Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tate Jolly's  actions during the [[2012 Benghazi attack]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Scarborough |first=Rowen |date=25 January 2014 |title=Delta Force commando who saved 'numerous lives' in Benghazi {{sic|sei|ge|hide=y}} honored |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/25/delta-force-commando-awarded-second-highest-milita/ |newspaper=Washington Times |access-date=1 January 2017 }}<br/>{{cite news |last=Brook |first=Tom Vanden |date=16 May 2016 |title=Navy SEALs' secret medals reveal heroism over last 15 years |url=https://www.navytimes.com/story/veterans/2016/05/16/navy-seals-medals-secret-awards/84433626/ |newspaper=NavyTimes |access-date=1 January 2017 }}</ref>

==Criteria==

The Navy Cross may be awarded to any member of the U.S. Armed Forces while serving with the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (when a part of the Department of the Navy) who distinguishes themselves in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the [[Medal of Honor]]. The action must take place under one of three circumstances:
# In combat action while engaged against an enemy of the United States; or,
# In combat action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or, 
# In combat action while serving with friendly foreign forces, who are engaged in armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party.

The act(s) to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger, or at great personal risk, and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual's action(s) highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility. An accumulation of minor acts of heroism does not justify an award of the Navy Cross.

As originally authorized, the Navy Cross could be awarded for distinguished non-combat acts, but legislation of 7 August 1942 limited the award to acts of combat heroism. Past Navy Cross awards for merit, such as to 9th [[Chief of Naval Operations]] Fleet Admiral [[Ernest King]], were unaffected by the change in criteria.

==Wear==
The Navy Cross originally was the Navy's third-highest decoration, after the [[Medal of Honor]] and the [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]. On 7 August 1942, Congress revised the order of precedence, placing the Navy Cross above the Distinguished Service Medal in precedence. Since that time, the Navy Cross has been worn after the Medal of Honor and before all other awards.

Additional awards of the Navy Cross are denoted by gold or silver [[5/16 inch star|{{frac|5|16}} inch stars]] affixed to the suspension and [[service ribbon]] of the medal. A gold star would be issued for each of the second through fifth awards, to be replaced by a silver star which would indicate a sixth award.  To date no one has received more than five awards.

==Description and symbolism==
; Medal
Obverse:
The medal is a modified [[cross pattée]] one and a half inches wide. The ends of its arms are rounded whereas a conventional cross patée has arms that are straight on the end. There are four laurel leaves with berries in each of the re-entrant arms of the cross. In the center of the cross, a sailing vessel is depicted on waves, sailing to the viewer's left. The vessel is a symbolic [[caravel]] of the type used between 1480 and 1500. Fraser selected the caravel because it was a symbol often used by the Naval Academy and because it represented both naval service and the tradition of the sea. The laurel leaves with berries refer to achievement.

Reverse:
In the center of the medal, a bronze cross pattée, one and a half inches wide, are crossed anchors from the pre-1850 period, with cables attached. The letters USN are evident amid the anchors.

The earliest version of the Navy Cross (1919–1928) featured a more narrow strip of white, while the so-called "Black Widow" medals awarded from 1941 to 1942 were notable for the dark color due to over-[[Anodizing|anodized]] finish. The medal is similar in appearance to the British [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]].<ref name="NHC"/>

; Service Ribbon
The [[service ribbon]] is [[navy blue]] with a center stripe of [[white]] identical to the suspension ribbon of the medal. The blue alludes to naval service; the white represents the purity of selflessness.

==Notable recipients==
{{see also|List of Navy Cross recipients for World War II|List of Navy Cross recipients for the Korean War|List of Navy Cross recipients for the Vietnam War}}
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===United States Navy===
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* [[Laurence A. Abercrombie]] (three awards)
* [[Samuel Adams (naval officer)]] (three awards)
* [[James Thomas Alexander]], 35th [[Naval Governor of Guam]]
* [[Adelbert Althouse]], 27th and 29th Naval Governor of Guam
* [[Jackson D. Arnold]]
* [[Barry K. Atkins]]
* [[William B. Ault]]
* [[Bernard L. Austin]], (two awards)
* [[John Arnold Austin]], namesake of {{USS|Austin|DE-15}}
* [[Matthew Axelson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Matthew Gene Axelson, Navy Cross|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/3646|website=valor.militarytimes.com|accessdate=June 8, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]]
* [[Richard Halsey Best]]
* [[Claude C. Bloch]]
* [[John Bradley (United States Navy)|John Bradley]]
* [[William F. Bringle]]
* [[Robert P. Briscoe]]
* [[William H. Brockman Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/us-people/b/brockman-william-h-jr/80-g-20016.html|title=80-G-20016 Lieutenant Commander William H. Brockman, Jr., USN|website=NHHC}}</ref> (three awards)
* [[Phil H. Bucklew]] (two awards)
* [[John D. Bulkeley]] (also a [[Medal of Honor]] (MOH) and 2 Army [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]es (DSC)s)
* [[William O. Burch]] (three awards)
* [[Arleigh A. Burke]]
* [[Creed Burlingame]] (3 awards)
* [[Richard E. Byrd]] (also an MOH)
* [[Robert Carney]]
* [[Charles P. Cecil]] (two awards), namesake of {{USS|Charles P. Cecil|DD-835}}
* [[Gordon Pai'ea Chung-Hoon]]
* [[Bernard A. Clarey]] (three awards)
* [[George Thomas Coker]]
* [[James J. Connell]]
* [[Richard L. Conolly]]
* [[Walter W. Coolbaugh]], namesake of {{USS|Coolbaugh|DE-217}}
* [[George Franklin Cooper]]
* [[Ralph W. Cousins]]
* [[William P. Cronan]], 19th Naval Governor of Guam
* [[William Michael Crose]], 7th [[Governor of American Samoa]]
* [[Randy "Duke" Cunningham]]
* [[Winfield Scott Cunningham]]
* [[Maurice E. Curts]]
* [[Slade Cutter]] (four awards)
* [[Roy M. Davenport]] (five awards)
* [[Albert David]] (two awards and an MOH)
* [[Arthur C. Davis]], (three awards)
* [[Samuel David Dealey]] (four awards, an Army DSC and an MOH)
* [[James Charles Dempsey]], (two awards)
* [[Dieter Dengler]]
* [[Clarence E. Dickinson]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/20359|title=Clarence Dickinson - Recipient -|website=valor.militarytimes.com}}</ref> (three awards)
* [[Danny Dietz]]
* [[Glynn R. Donaho|Glynn R. "Donc" Donaho]] (four awards)
* [[Mark L. Donald]]
* [[William P. Driscoll]]
* [[Thomas M. Dykers]], (two awards)
* [[Laurance T. DuBose]], (three awards)
* [[Thomas Eadie]] (two awards and an MOH)
* [[Henry E. Eccles]]
* [[Richard S. Edwards]]
* [[Joseph F. Enright]]
* [[Harry D. Felt]]
* [[William Charles Fitzgerald]] namesake of {{USS|Fitzgerald|DDG-62}}
* [[Eugene B. Fluckey]] (four awards and an MOH)
* [[Luis Fonseca (United States Navy)|Luis Fonseca]]
* [[James Shepherd Freeman]]
* [[Neldon Theo French]] namesake of {{USS|French|DE-367}}
* [[Ignatius J. Galantin]]
* [[Antone R. Gallaher]] (four awards)
* [[William Gilmer]], 22nd and 24th Naval Governor of Guam
* [[George William Grider]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] to the [[89th Congress]]
* [[Robert Halperin]]
* [[William Halsey Jr.]] one of four WWII [[Fleet admiral (United States)|Fleet Admiral]]s and namesake of {{USS|Halsey|CG-23}} and {{USS|Halsey|DDG-97}}
* [[Robert W. Hayler]] (three awards), namesake of {{USS|Hayler|DD-997}}
* [[Arthur Ray Hawkins]] (three awards)
* [[Henry Kent Hewitt]] (two awards)
* [[Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/l-higbee.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000601202430/http://history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-h/l-higbee.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2000|title=Chief Nurse Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee, U.S. Navy}}</ref> (first female recipient), namesake of {{ship|USS|Higbee|DD-806}}
* [[William A. Hodgman]], 23rd Naval Governor of Guam
* [[Gilbert C. Hoover]], (three awards)
* [[John Howard Hoover]]
* [[Frederick J. Horne]]
* [[John Howard (American actor)|John Howard]]
* [[Royal E. Ingersoll]]
* [[Jonas H. Ingram]] (also an MOH)
* [[Richard H. Jackson]]                           
* [[Edward C. Kalbfus]]
* [[Draper Kauffman]] (two awards)
* [[Charles Keating IV]]
* [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]] (posthumously, member of the [[Kennedy family]] and brother of the [[JFK|35th U.S. President]]
* [[Ira C. Kepford]] (two awards)
* [[Ernest King|Ernest J. King]], 9th [[Chief of Naval Operations]], one of four WWII Fleet admirals and namesake of {{USS|King|DDG-41}}
* [[Thomas B. Klakring]] (three awards)
* [[Norman Jack "Dusty" Kleiss]] 
* [[Hugo W. Koehler]]
* [[Edmond Konrad]] (two awards)
* [[George Landenberger]], 23rd Governor of American Samoa
* [[John H. Lang]]
* [[Harris Laning]]
* [[William D. Leahy]] one of four WWII Fleet Admirals and namesake of {{USS|Leahy|DLG-16}}
* [[Willis A. Lee]]
* [[Gatewood Lincoln]], 22nd Governor of American Samoa
* [[Elliott Loughlin]] (two awards)
* [[Marcus Luttrell]]
* [[Harold John Mack]]
* [[John S. McCain Sr.]]
* [[David McCampbell]] (also an MOH)
* [[Benjamin McCandlish]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish|url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/9787|access-date=May 18, 2011|newspaper=Military Times|agency=[[Gannett Government Media]]|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826171037/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=9787|archive-date=August 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 36th Naval Governor of Guam
* [[John McCloy (Medal of Honor)|John McCloy]] (also two MOH)
* [[C. Wade McClusky]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/20669.htm|title=Clarence McClusky - Recipient -|website=valor.militarytimes.com}}</ref>
* [[Donald L. McFaul]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4080 |title=Valor awards for Donald L. McFaul &#124; Military Times Hall of Valor |website=Militarytimes.com |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2012-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617101024/http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=4080 |archive-date=2012-06-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Charles McMorris|Charles H. McMorris]], namesake of {{USS|McMorris|DE-1036}}
* [[Luke McNamee]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/31/archives/admiral-mnamee-dead-in-newport-foner-head-of-mackay-radio-adviser.html |title=Admiral M'Namee Dead in Newport: Former Head of Mackay Radio, Adviser at 1919 Paris Peace Parley, in Navy 42 Years |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 December 1952 |agency=[[The New York Times Company]] |location=[[New York City]] |page=15 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> 10th and 12th Naval Governor of Guam, and 21st [[Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence]]
* [[Doris Miller|Doris "Dorie" Miller]] (first African American recipient), namesake of {{USS|Miller |FF-1091}} and {{USS|Doris Miller|CVN-81}}
* [[Marc Mitscher]] (three awards)
* [[John Anderson Moore]] (three awards)
* [[Dudley Walker Morton|Dudley W. "Mush" Morton]], (four awards)
* [[Jesse W. Naul Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2013/04/16/jesse-naul-jr.-decorated-for-extraordinary-heroism-in-world-war-ii-combat-dies-at-92 |title=Jesse Naul Jr., decorated for extraordinary heroism in World War II combat, dies at 92 |publisher= dallasnews.com |date= 15 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004230137/https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2013/04/16/jesse-naul-jr.-decorated-for-extraordinary-heroism-in-world-war-ii-combat-dies-at-92|archive-date= 4 October 2018|access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> (also two [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]es (DFC)s) 
* [[Louis McCoy Nulton]]
* [[Edward O'Hare|Edward "Butch" O'Hare]] (also an MOH)
* [[Richard O'Kane|Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane]], (three awards and an MOH)
* [[Chick Parsons]] (two awards)
* [[Edwin Taylor Pollock]]
* [[John Martin Poyer]], 12th Governor of American Samoa
* [[Lawson P. Ramage]] (two awards and an MOH)
* [[DeWitt Clinton Ramsey]]
* [[Joseph M. Reeves]]
* [[George S. Rentz]], namesake of {{USS|Rentz|FFG-46}}
* [[Frederick Lois Riefkohl]]
* [[Samuel B. Roberts]]
* [[Samuel Robison]]
* [[Dean Rockwell]]
* [[Maurice H. Rindskopf]]
* [[Tony F. Schneider]],<ref name=sunline>''University of New Mexico NROTC Sun Line'' Vol.IV No.1 November 1965</ref> (two awards)
* [[Frank Herman Schofield]]
* [[David F. Sellers]]
* [[Benedict J. Semmes Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=510200|title=Shadow box|website=Navy.togetherweserved.com|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[Forrest P. Sherman]]
* [[Rodger W. Simpson]] (two awards)
* [[Harold Page Smith]]
* [[Charles P. Snyder (admiral)|Charles P. Snyder]]
* [[Raymond A. Spruance]]
* [[Giles C. Stedman]]
* [[George L. Street III]] (also an MOH)
* [[Felix Stump]] (two awards)
* [[John Thach]] (two awards)
* [[Robert J. Thomas]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4448 |title=Valor awards for Robert J. Thomas &#124; Military Times Hall of Valor |website=Militarytimes.com |date=2010-07-04 |access-date=2012-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731040023/http://www.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=4448 |archive-date=2012-07-31 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[John H. Towers]]
* [[Charles R. Train (admiral)|Charles R. Train]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108067194/wins-medal-while-serving-in-adriatic/ |title=Wins Medal While Serving in Adriatic Sea |date=1938-04-11 |newspaper=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2022-08-21}}{{Open access}}</ref>
* [[Richmond K. Turner]]
* [[Frank B. Upham]]
* [[Swede Vejtasa|Stanley W. Vejtasa]], (three awards) also a USN [[fighter ace]]
* [[Corydon M. Wassell]]
* [[Ivan Wettengel]], 25th Naval Governor of Guam
* [[James E. Williams]], (also an MOH and two [[Silver Star]]s)
* [[Adam Williams (actor)|Adam Williams]] (awarded as Adam William Berg)
* [[Royce Williams]]
* [[Clark H. Woodward]] (also two [[Distinguished Service Medal]]s) 
* [[Harry E. Yarnell]]
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===United States Marine Corps===
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* [[Robert H. Barrow]] (also an Army [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] (DSC))
* [[John Basilone]] (also a [[Medal of Honor]] (MOH)), namesake of {{USS|John Basilone|DDG-122}}
* [[Victor Bleasdale]] (two awards and an Army DSC)
* [[John F. Bolt]]
* [[Gregory "Pappy" Boyington]] (also an MOH)
* [[Martin Brandtner]] (two awards)
* [[William Perry Brown Jr.]] (two awards)
* [[James Carson Breckinridge]]
* [[Marion Eugene Carl]] (two awards)
* [[Evans Carlson]] (three awards)
* [[Clifton B. Cates]] (also two Army DSCs)
* [[Brian Chontosh]]
* [[George R. Christmas]]
* [[Julius Cogswell]],<ref name=JuliusCogswell>{{cite web|last1=Cogswell|first1=Julius|title=Military Times Valor Awards for Julius Cogswell|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=8633|website=Military Times Valor Awards|publisher=Military Times|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> (also an Army DSC)
* [[Andrew F. Cook Jr.]], namesake of {{USS|Cook|APD-130}}
* [[Dallas H. Cook]], namesake of {{USS|Cook|APD-130}}
* [[Alfred A. Cunningham]]
* [[William H. Dabney]]
* [[Joseph W. Dailey]]
* [[Daniel Daly]] (also two MOHs and an Army DSC)
* [[Ray Davis (general)|Ray Davis]] (also an MOH)
* [[James Devereux]]
* [[William A. Eddy]]
* [[Merritt A. Edson]] (two awards and an MOH)
* [[John W. Frederick Jr.]], ([[U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War|Vietnam War POW]])
* [[Raymond Frybarger Jr.]], namesake of {{USS|Frybarger|DE-705|6}}
* [[Guy Gabaldon]]
* [[Patrick “Bob” Gallagher]], namesake of {{USS|Patrick Gallagher|DDG-127}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=28778|title=Gallagher Patrick 'Bob'}}</ref>
* [[Roy Geiger]] (two awards)
* [[Herman H. Hanneken]] (two awards and an MOH)
* [[Robert M. Hanson]] (also an MOH)
* [[Myron Harrington Jr.]]<ref name=MyronHarington>{{cite web|last1=Harrington|first1=Myron|title=Valor Awards for Myron Harrington|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=4196|website=Military Times Wall of Honor|publisher=Military Times|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>
* [[Leo D. Hermle]] (also an Army DSC)
* [[Thomas Holcomb]] 	
* [[Edward Buist Hope]],<ref name=EdwardBuistHope>{{cite web|last1=Hope|first1=Edward|title=Valor Awards for Edward B. Hope|url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=8759|website=Military Times Wall of Valor|publisher=Military Times|access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> (also an Army DSC)
* [[Henry L. Hulbert]] (also an MOH and an Army DSC)
* [[George Victor Jmaeff]]
* [[Bradley Kasal]]
* [[Treddy Ketcham]]
* [[Victor H. Krulak]]
* [[Henry Louis Larsen]] (two awards)
* [[Kurt Chew-Een Lee]]
* [[Justin LeHew]]
* [[William K. MacNulty]]
* [[Victor Maghakian]]
* [[William March|William Edward Campbell March]]
* [[Karl Marlantes]]
* [[Pete McCloskey]]
* [[John McNulty (U.S. Marine Corps)]] (also an Army DSC)
* [[Raymond Murray]] (two awards and an Army DSC)
* [[Peter J. Ortiz]] (two awards)
* [[Rafael Peralta]]
* [[Edwin A. Pollock]]
* [[Lewis "Chesty" Puller]], (five awards and an Army DSC)
* [[Paul A. Putnam]]
* [[John H. Quick]] (also an MOH and an Army DSC)
* [[Kenneth L. Reusser]] (two awards)
* [[John Ripley (USMC)|John Ripley]]
* [[Harold C. Roberts]] (three awards)
* [[Ford O. Rogers]]
* [[James Roosevelt]]
* [[William H. Rupertus]]
* [[John H. Russell Jr.]]
* [[Al Schmid]]
* [[Harry Schmidt (USMC)|Harry Schmidt]]
* [[Harold G. Schrier]] 
* [[Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.]] (also an Army DSC)
* [[Robert Taplett]]
* [[Alexander Vandegrift]] (also an MOH)
* [[Lewis William Walt|Lew Walt]] (two awards)
* [[Jim Webb]]
* [[John H. Yancey]] (two awards)
* [[George Yarborough]], namesake of {{USS| Yarborough|DD-314}}
* [[Jeremiah Workman]]
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===United States Army===
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* [[Stephen J. Chamberlin]]
* [[Rex T. Barber]]
* [[Thomas George Lanphier Jr.]]
* [[John W. Mitchell (United States Air Force)|John W. Mitchell]]
* [[John U.D. Page]]
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===United States Coast Guard===
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* [[Frederick C. Billard]]
* [[Raymond Evans (USCG)|Raymond Evans]]
* [[Elmer Fowler Stone]]
*[[Philip F. Roach]]
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===Non-U.S. recipients===
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* [[Nikolai Basistiy]], Soviet Union (Soviet Navy, 1943)
* [[Gordon Bridson]], New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Navy, 1943)
* [[Campbell Howard Buchanan]], New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Navy, 1943) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://rnzncomms.org/buchanan/ |website=RNZN Communicators Association |title=O/7366 Leading Signalman Campbell Howard Buchanan Navy Cross (US), MiD, RNZNVR }}</ref>
* [[Ernesto Burzagli]], Italy (Royal Italian Navy, 1919)
* [[Harold Farncomb]], Australia (Royal Australian Navy, 1945)
* [[Israel Fisanovich]], Soviet Union (Soviet Navy, 1944)
* [[Donald Gilbert Kennedy]], New Zealand (British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force, 1945)
* [[Seizō Kobayashi]], Japan (Imperial Japanese Navy)
* [[Émile Muselier|Émile Henry Muselier]], France (Free French Naval Forces, 1919)
* [[Peter Phipps (admiral)|Peter Phipps]], New Zealand (Royal New Zealand Navy, 1943)
* [[Ronald Niel Stuart]], first [[Royal Navy]] officer to receive both the American Navy Cross and the British [[Victoria Cross]] (Royal Navy, 1927)
* [[Ivan Travkin]], Soviet Union (Soviet Navy, 1942)
* [[Tran Van Bay]], South Vietnam (Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 1967)
* [[Nguyen Van Kiet]], South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam Navy, 1972)
* {{ill|Mikhail Vasilyevich Greshilov|ru|Грешилов, Михаил Васильевич}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/5947 |title=M. V. G. Greshilove (sic) |website=Military Times |access-date=2014-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231449/http://projects.militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=5947 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Soviet Union (Soviet Navy, 1944)
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==See also==
* [[Military awards and decorations]]
** [[Military awards of the United States Department of the Navy]]
* [[List of recipients of the Navy Cross in the Vietnam War]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/medals/navcross.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012193747/http://history.navy.mil/medals/navcross.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 1999|title=Navy Cross|work=Service Medals and Campaign Credits of the United States|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=July 10, 2007}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Dear|first1=Murray|title=A Weekend's Leave in Auckland|journal=Naval History|date=April 2015|volume=29|issue=2|pages=46–47|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
* {{cite book|last=Larzelere|first=Alex|year=2003|title=The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story|publisher=Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-55750-476-0}}

==Further reading==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722185231/http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/01000%20Military%20Personnel%20Support/01-600%20Performance%20and%20Discipline%20Programs/1650.1H.PDF SECNAVINST 1650.1H 2006 2–22 Page 57]

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120121032125/http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/navycr.shtml Navy Cross – Criteria, Background, and Images]

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