The following are all known individuals who received the United States Lines Distinguished Service Medal or the United States Lines Distinguished Service Award.
[DSM] United States Lines Distinguished Service Medal
[DSA] United States Lines Distinguished Service Award
The lists of recipients are grouped by United States Lines ship; the date is the year and month of award (if known).
1934 November
SS Washington
George Fried (Master) [DSM]
Ralph C. Dooley (Chief Officer) [DSA]
Alex Marra [DSA]
Arnold Boehm [DSA]
Charles Mortensen [DSA]
Hans Ingebrightsen [DSA]
John Breda [DSA]
Joseph Bongiavion [DSA]
Joseph Kane [DSA]
Lester Lawson [DSA]
Michael Quinn [DSA]
Robert Fiolka [DSA]
Rudolph Arendt [DSA]
Rescue of seaplane crew.
1935 May
SS President Harding
William Huettmann (Quartermaster) [DSM]
Rescue of a passenger.
1937 May
SS American Merchant
Alfred M. Moore (Master) [DSM]
Theodore Christensen (Chief Officer) [DSM]
David Gillan (Boatswain) [DSA]
Alfred Moss (Quartermaster) [DSA]
John Hadlock (Able Seaman) [DSA]
Edward Granat (Seaman) [DSA]
Frank Maria (Seaman) [DSA]
Timothy Morley (Seaman) [DSA]
4 October 1936 rescue of Mabel A. Frye.
1939 February
SS American Farmer
Haakon Andrew Pedersen (Master) [DSM]
James Augustus Freeman Knowlton II (2nd Officer) [DSM]
Donald G. Forbes [DSA]
Nathan Lieberman [DSA]
Roderic Emmons [DSA]
Timothy Moriarty [DSA]
Philip W. Babcock [DSA]
William Nixon [DSA]
1938 rescue of SS Fieldwood.
1939 February
SS American Banker
Alfred M. Moore (Master) [DSM]
Charles Kaiser (Chief Officer) [DSM]
? others
193x Rescue of schooner Pioneer.
1940 June
SS Washington
Harry Manning (Master) [DSM]
Tom Floyd (Bell Boy) [DSM]
For service in light of interdiction by a German submarine.
1940 June
SS Washington
John Gorman (A.B) [DSM]
Frederick Osborn Wooley (Deck Cadet) [DSM]
J. R. Fels (Junior Officer) [DSA]
J. Sleglik (Electrician) [DSA]
F. Estes (Oiler) [DSA]
For the rescue of a fellow crew member.
1943 April 1
Haakon Andrew Pedersen (Master) [DSM] “posthumous”
John E. Thevik (Master) [DSM]
John F. Spears (Master) [DSM]
J.M. Hatfield (Master) [DSM]
In recognition of “specially meritorious service under unusual stress and hazard.” Captain Pedersen’s award was the only posthumous award of the USL DSM – he was later found to be alive in a Japanese Prison Camp (follow the link above for more details about his experience – in his own words).
1945 June
SS Nathanael Greene
George A. Vickers (Master) [DSM]
For the performance of duty under unusual stress and danger.
1946
SS American Ranger
Oscar Johnson (Master) [DSM]
For re-asserting USL ownership of SS American Farmer.
1949
SS Pioneer Sea
David R. Phoebus (Master) [DSM]
George C. Previll (2nd Officer) [DSM]
? Wagster (3rd Offcer)
Charles Berry (Deck Utility)
Okay Lawson (Fireman)
Gouvencio Esquierdo (A.B.)
George Knob (Purser)
? Palmer (Deck Cadet)
John Nolan (Engine Cadet)
4 others
Rescue of crew from two tanker barges and a tug.
1951 October
SS American Counselor
Edwin T. Fletcher (Master) [DSM]
Peter Soynarowski (3d Ass’t Engineer)
Albert Tierbroot (Oiler)
Carlos Perujo (Ordinary Seaman)
Henry A. Mushik (Able Seaman)
Hubertus Vershueren (Able Seaman)
Luis Lorenzi (Able Seaman)
Millar Montieth (Able Seaman)
Oscar Alvarez (Boatswain)
William McIntyre (Engine Utility)
Rescue of French trawler Duc de Normandie
1956 January
SS American Miller
William H. Wight (Master) [DSM]
Francis R. Kahle (Chief Officer) [DSM]
Charles D. Cummings (Junior 3rd Officer) [DSM]
James J. Smith (1st Ass’t Engineer) [DSM]
John W. Kidney (3rd Ass’t Engineer) [DSM]
Chong I. Lee (Seaman) [DSM]
Fred Ksartis (Seaman) [DSM]
Lawrence Lumberg (Seaman) [DSM]
Melvin D. Saunders (Seaman) [DSM]
Paul Walker (Seaman) [DSM]
Dr. Rafael Roldan (Passenger) [“Similar award”]
Rescue of SS Sea Mazzella.
Allied objects for USL DSM are part of James J. Smith Collection on dittybag here:
Mementos of Chief Engineer James Joseph Smith
1956 September
SS America
Fred Fender (Master) [DSM]
10 others
April 1956 transfer of ill seaman of the MV Kirsti H
1960 December
SS Pioneer Main
Frederick Geary Collison, Jr. (Master) USMMA ‘42
14 others
1964
SS American Press
Vincent A. Moscatello (Chief Officer) [DSM]
Rescue of a dock worker.