Hugo Wilson Osterhaus Date of birth: November 12, 1878
Date of death: September 17, 1972
Burial location: Arlington, VA
Hugo Osterhaus graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1900. During World War I his father, Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus (USNA 1870) returned from retirement to serve as Director of Naval Districts, earning the Navy Cross in one of those rare cases where father and son EACH earned the Navy Cross in the same war. Hugo Osterhaus, as did his father, retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Navy Cross
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Hugo Wilson Osterhaus, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. WHEELING, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of patrolling the waters infested with enemy submarines and mines, and in escorting and protecting merchant vessels through these waters; and in particular, for an attack, in company with other escorting ships, upon an enemy submarine on 17 May 1918.
Action Date: May 17, 1918
Service: Navy
Rank: Captain
Company: Commanding Officer
Division: U.S.S. Wheeling
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret
