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Frank William Crilley (September 13, 1883 – November 23, 1947) was a United States Navy diver and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. ==Biography== Crilley was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on September 13, 1883. After enlisting in the U.S. Navy in March 1900, he became a gunner's mate and received additional training as a diver.〔 On April 17, 1915, Crilley, by then a chief gunner's mate, participated in a dive to inspect the wreck of the submarine in preparation for a salvage operation. The ''F-4'' had sunk weeks earlier in of water off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. Another diver, Chief Gunner's Mate William F. Loughman, became trapped underwater while returning to the surface after examining one of the ''F-4's'' hawsers. Loughman's lifeline and air hose became tangled in the hawser, preventing him from either ascending or descending. Crilley voluntarily dove down and untangled the lines, allowing Loughman to be pulled to safety. For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor thirteen years later, on November 19, 1928.〔〔 In 1917, Crilley was appointed to the warrant officer rank of Gunner(T), and in February 1918 became an ensign in the Naval Reserve. He commanded in 1919 and left active duty in July of that year. In the mid-1920s, he was involved with salvaging , and returned to active naval service in 1927-28 to work on the recovery of . He was awarded the Navy's second-highest decoration, the Navy Cross, for his actions as a diver during that operation.〔 In 1931, Crilley served as second officer and master diver during the Arctic expedition of the civilian submarine ''Nautilus'' (previously known as ). Also in 1931, he assisted with the salvage of . Transferred to the retired list in May 1932, he was again employed on Navy work in 1939, during the salvage of .〔 Crilley died at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on November 23, 1947.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank William Crilley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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