Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy)

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 the dates of 12 September 1906 and 1 April 1909, or who were attached to a specific number of ships, for the Cuban Pacification.[2]

Cuban Pacification Medal (Navy)
The obverse (left), Marine Corps reverse (center), and Navy reverse of the medal
TypeCampaign medal
Awarded forService in the Cuban Pacification
Presented byDepartment of the Navy
StatusObsolete
Established13 August 1909
Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)China Campaign Medal[1]
EquivalentCuban Pacification Medal (Army)
Next (lower)Nicaraguan Campaign Medal[1]

Eligible ships

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

ShipDatesShipDates
USS Alabama11–16 February 1907USS Brooklyn7 October–1 November 1906
USS Celtic28 September 1906 – 15 January 1907USS Cleveland21 September 1906 – 13 January 1907
USS Columbia20 October 1906 – 17 April 1907USS Denver12 September 1906 – 2 October 1906
USS Des Moines15 September 1906 – 25 January 1907USS Dixie12–21 September 1906
7 January 1907 – 18 August 1907
USS Dubuque18–19 May 1907USS Eagle4 December 1906 – 1 June 1907
USS Illinois11–16 February 1907USS Indiana30 September–8 October 1906
11–16 February 1907
USS Iowa11–16 February 1907USS Kentucky30 September–9 October 1906
USS Louisiana21 September–13 October 1906
25–29 December 1906		USS Marietta14 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
USS Minneapolis22 September–22 October 1906USS Newark22 September–9 November 1906
USS New Jersey21 September–13 October 1906USS Paducah12 September 1906 – 1 April 1909
USS Prairie6 October–21 November 1906
29 January–16 May 1907
25–31 December 1908
17–23 January 1909		USS Tacoma21 September 1906 – 26 February 1907
USS Texas9–30 October 1906USS Virginia21 September–13 October 1906

References
  1. "Wearing of decorations, medals, badged and ribbons" (PDF). All Hands (365): 35. July 1947.
  2. United States Navy Dept (1918). General Orders of Navy Department, series of 1913 Orders Remaining in Force Up to January 29, 1918. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 216.
  3. Bureau of Naval Personnel (1953). Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual (NavPers 15,790, Rev 1953) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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