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Giffen, Robert Carlisle (Ike), VADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town West Chester, PA
Last Address Annapolis, MD
Date of Passing Dec 12, 1962
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
Navy Cross
Awarded for Actions During World War I
Service: Navy
Division: U.S.S. Trippe
Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Robert Carlisle Giffen, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. TRIPPE, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, in escorting and protecting vitally important convoys of troops and supplies through these waters, and in offensive and defensive action, vigorously and unremittingly prosecuted against all forms of enemy naval activity during World War I.
Mississippi Class Battleship: Displacement 13,000 Tons, Dimensions, 382' 4" (oa) x 77' x 27' (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 8 x 7"/45 12 x 3"/50, 2 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 10,000 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 17 Knots, Crew 744.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, PA., May 12, 1904. Launched December 9, 1905. Commissioned April 1, 1908. Decommissioned July 30, 1914. Stricken July 30, 1914.
Fate: Sold to Greece, July 30, 1914 & renamed Lemmos. Sunk by German bombers while moored in Salamis near Athens on April 10, 1941.