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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.
Illinois Class Battleship: Displacement 11,565 Tons, Dimensions, 373' 10" (oa) x 72' 3" x 25' 7" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 14 x 6"/40, 4 x 18" tt. Armor, 16" 1/2 Belt, 14" Turrets, 4 " Decks, 10" Conning Tower. Machinery, 10,000 IHP; 2 vertical, Inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 536.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cailf., February 9, 1897. Launched November 26, 1898. Commissioned February 4, 1901. Decommissioned November 15, 1906. Recommissioned April 1, 1908, Decommissioned May 15, 1920, Stricken July 1, 1921.
Fate: Sold January 26, 1922 and broken up for scrap.
