George L. Street III
| George Levick Street, III | |
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19 October 1945 Awarding of the Navy Cross
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| Born |
July 27, 1913 Richmond, Virginia |
| Died | February 26, 2000 (aged 86) |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1931–1966 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
USS Tirante (SS-420) USS Requin (SS-481) USS Holder (DDE-819) Submarine Division 62 USS Fremont (APA-44) NROTC Unit MIT Submarine Squadron 5 Submarine Group, San Francisco Bay Area Commander Mare Island Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Medal of Honor Navy Cross Silver Star (2) Presidential Unit Citation |
George Levick Street, III (July 27, 1913 – February 26, 2000) was a submariner in the United States Navy. He received the Medal of Honor during World War II.
Street was born in Richmond, Virginia. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1931 and was selected for an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1933; he graduated in 1937.
After serving in the gunnery and communications departments of USS Concord (CL-10) and the navigation and engineering departments of USS Arkansas (BB-33), he volunteered for the Submarine School at New London, Connecticut. After graduating, Street served three years in USS Gar (SS-206), from her commissioning on April 14, 1941 until February 27, 1944. Street served in this fleet submarine, first as Gunnery and Torpedo Officer, then as First Lieutenant and Torpedo Data Computer Operator and finally as Executive Officer and Navigator.
While serving in Gar, he made nine war patrols. Street received two Silver Stars for his "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Assistant Approach Officer aboard the ... U.S.S. GAR (SS-206)" on Gar's first and tenth patrols.
On July 6, 1944, LCDR Street reported to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to fit out the USS Tirante (SS-420), his first command. Commissioning the ship in November, the captain took his new boat for shakedown training in Long Island Sound and further training in waters off Panama and Hawaii. The ship's first war patrol, commencing March 3, 1945 was southwest of Kyūshū, Japan's southernmost island. By that point in the war, most of Japan's merchant fleet had already been sunk, but Street went into shallow water close to shore and found several ships.
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