U.S. Navy
John Laverty (Lafferty, John)
Year of Action1881
Unit/CommandUSS Alaska
Citation
Second Award Serving on board the USS Alaska at Callao Bay, Peru, 14 September 1881. Following the rupture of the stop-valve chamber on that vessel, Laverty hauled the fires from under the boiler.
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