Andrew Jackson Gandy
Andrew Jackson Gandy was awarded the Navy Cross during World War II.Awarded the Navy Cross
He gallantly gave his life on board cruiser USS San Francisco in a heroic gunnery action against Japanese torpedo planes during the Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.Namesake
was named in his honor. The ship was launched 12 December 1943 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Miss Ruby Gandy, sister of Seaman Gandy; and, commissioned at Tampa 7 February 1944.
