Navy Cross Citation:
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain William Carleton Watts, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALBANY, 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. "
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain William Carleton Watts, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALBANY, 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. "
Navy Cross Citation:
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain William Carleton Watts, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALBANY, 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. "
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain William Carleton Watts, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. ALBANY, 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. "
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