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Spanish–American War
William Adolphus Crouse
Watertender · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
21 May 1898 · USS Concord
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Action
- USS Concord
The citation
Official citation
On board the U.S.S. Concord off Cavite, Manila Bay, P.I., 21 May 1898. Following the blowing out of a lower manhole plate joint on boiler B of that vessel, Crouse hauled the fires in the hot, vapor_filled atmosphere which necessitated the playing of water into the fireroom from a hose.