Graduated Annapolis Naval Academy 1910. Awarded Navy Cross for WW1 service. Author of books on naval history including The Battle of Jutland (1927). Developed tactics of surface and air forces in combined operations against submarines. USS Frost named in his honor & launched on 21 March, 1943 in Orange, Texas.
Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Holloway Halstead Frost, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Aide to Commander, American Patrol Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, and particularly in the development of the Tactics of surface vessels and aircraft in combined operations against submarines during World War I.
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Navy Cross Citation The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Holloway Halstead Frost, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Aide to Commander, American Patrol Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, and particularly in the development of the Tactics of surface vessels and aircraft in combined operations against submarines during World War I.
by: John C. Anderson