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Peacetime and interim
Isacc Sapp
Seaman · U.S. Navy
Engineer's Force, U.S. Navy
15 December 1871 · USS Shenandoah
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Peacetime and other actions
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Shenandoah
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Shenandoah during the rescue of a shipmate at Villefranche, 15 December 1871. Jumping overboard, Sapp gallantly assisted in saving Charles Prince, seaman, from drowning.