▁( per man ent ▁grade ) ▁on ▁ 5 ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 1 . ▁ ▁Service ▁Following ▁gradu ation ▁from ▁the ▁Naval ▁Academy , ▁he ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁protected ▁cru iser ▁USS ▁Char l eston , ▁and ▁while ▁with ▁that ▁ship ▁was ▁comm ended ▁for ▁courage ▁and ▁presented ▁a ▁gold ▁watch ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁May ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁for ▁saving ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁from ▁d row ning . ▁From ▁ 1 8 9 1 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁he ▁served ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁school ship ▁USS ▁Mon ong ah ela , ▁built ▁as ▁a ▁b ark ent ine – rig ged ▁sc rew ▁s loop - of - war , ▁at ▁the ▁Naval ▁Training ▁Station , ▁New port , ▁Rh ode ▁Island , ▁then ▁on ▁USS ▁K ears ar ge ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁ab o ard ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁w reck ed ▁on ▁a ▁re ef ▁off ▁of ▁Ron c ador ▁C ay ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Sea ▁on ▁ 2 ▁February ▁of ▁that ▁year . ▁Though ▁the ▁vessel ▁was ▁uns al v age able , ▁the ▁crew ▁made ▁it ▁safely ▁ash ore . ▁Mag r uder ▁took ▁the ▁first ▁boat ▁with ▁a ▁ha w ser ▁to ▁the ▁re ef , ▁“ and ▁for ▁his ▁manner ▁of ▁doing ▁so ▁was ▁comm ended ▁by ▁R ear ▁Admir al ▁St anton .” ▁Mag r uder ▁then ▁served ▁ab o ard ▁USS ▁Mi ant onom oh ,