PHELPS-WILLIAM
WILLIAM WOODWARD PHELPS
RADM
William Woodward Phelps Date of death: 11-May-38
William Phelps graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1889. He 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 William Woodward Phelps, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. LEVIATHAN and the U.S.S. GREAT NORTHERN, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.
Action Date: World War I
Service: Navy
Rank: Captain
Company: Commanding Officer
Division: U.S.S. Leviathan & U.S.S. Great Northern
Submitted by Doug Bewall RMCM USN Ret