April 5, 2024
Frederick B Warder/US Navy Submarine WWII/Navy Cross
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Lieutenant Commander Frederick B. Warder, US Navy submarine commander, WWII recipient of the Navy Cross.A page from a book, autographed by Frederick B. Warder. The border at the bottom is fairly discolored and both bottom corners are creased.The autographed page comes from the archives of the noted Raab Collection."Citation:The Navy Cross is presented to Frederick Burdett Warder, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for gallantry and intrepidity in action as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. SEAWOLF (SS-197) during the Fourth War Patrol of that submarine during the period 25 February 1942 to 1 April 1942, in enemy controlled waters near the coast of Java. In extremely shallow and narrow waters w very strong currents exist off the coast of Java, Lieutenant Commander Warder attacked and sank a Japanese destroyer and one large transport which were part of a heavy screened force. Off Christmas Islands, Netherlands East Indies, he made repeated attacks on enemy light cruisers which were heavily screened by destroyers, sinking one cruiser and heavily damaging two others, one of which probably sank. All attacks were followed up to short ranges in the face of active enemy opposition, and after each attack his submarine was the target of heavy, prolonged, depth-charge counter-attacks by the enemy. Through his experience and sound judgment he brought
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