Photo #: NH 86495
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Stanton F. Kalk, USN
Painting by F. Luis Mora, depicting Lt(JG) Kalk assisting survivors
of USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 61) after she was sunk
by the German submarine U-53 off the Scilly Isles on 6
December 1917.
A plaque accompanying this painting read: "The Jacob
Jones was sunk by an enemy torpedo between Brest and Queenstown.
Lieutenant (jg) S.F. Kalk rendered conspicuous and gallant services
after the ship sank by helping men from one raft to another so
as to equalize the weight on the rafts. He died of exposure and
exhaustion in order to save others. Lieutenant (jg) Kalk was
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal posthumously."
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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