page_title: Edward L. Beach Jr.
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: Edward L. Beach Jr. / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Captain Edward L. Beach, USN (ret.) at the dedication of Beach Hall, the new headquaters of the U.S. Naval Institute, in 1999.
context_page_description: Edward Latimer Beach Jr., nicknamed "Ned", was a highly decorated United States Navy submarine officer and best-selling author.
  During World War II, he participated in the Battle of Midway and 12 combat patrols, earning 10 decorations for gallantry, including the Navy Cross. After the war, he served as the naval aide to the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and commanded the first submerged circumnavigation.
  Beach's best-selling novel, Run Silent, Run Deep, was made into the 1958 movie by the same name. The son of Captain Edward L. Beach Sr. and Alice Fouché Beach, Beach Jr. was born in New York City and raised in Palo Alto, California.
context_section_description: Sword of the Class of 1897 from the United States Naval Academy upon Beach's graduation in 1939.
  Giant of Adventure Award (1960) from the popular men's magazine Argosy, which dubbed Beach the "Magellan of the Deep" for the submerged circumnavigation by USS Triton.
  Honorary Doctor of Science (Sc.D) from the American International College, whose citation reads: "Your most recent exploit in commanding the largest submarine in existence during an historic submerged voyage around the globe has won for you and your crew the admiration of the world you circled."
  Magellanic Premium (1961) from the American Philosophical Society in recognition of the first submerged circumnavigation by the Triton.
  Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History (1987) from the New York Council of the Navy League, in cooperation with the Roosevelt Institute and the Theodore Roosevelt Association, for his book The United States Navy: 200 Years (Henry Holt, 1986).
  Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement (1980; 2000) from the Navy League.
  The Naval Historical Foundation History Prize has been renamed The Captain Edward L. Beach Prize.
  The Beach Award for non-technical writing or documentation that promotes personal submarines presented by the Personal Submersible Organization (PSUBS.ORG) is named in Captain Beach's honor.
  Beach Hall, the United States Naval Institute's headquarters on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is named in honor of both Captains Beach.  Captain Beach Jr., is buried in front of the entrance to Beach Hall, close to the bank of the Severn River of Maryland.
  U.S. Navy Museum included Captain Beach, USS Triton, and Operation Sandblast as part of the Technology for the Nuclear Age: Nuclear Propulsion display for its Cold War exhibit.
  Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature (1999) for Salt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner
caption: Beach at the 1999 dedication of Beach Hall, the United States Naval Institute's headquarters
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