Lieutenant (junior grade) Robert Paul Francis Enright, USNR, was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania on September 28, 1916. 

In 1938 he graduated form St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree.  He then spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania Law School before enlisting in the US Naval Reserve V-7 Officer program on July 20, 1940. 

He was sent to the US Naval Reserve Midshipman's School at Northwestern University, receiving a commission as an Ensign on March 14, 1941.  He reported to Mare Island, San Francisco, California and from there saw extensive duty in the South Pacific.

Lt. Enright was killed in action in the South Pacific on June 6, 1942, when his ship, the US Destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412), attached to a carrier force, was sunk by a Japanese submarine while the USS Hammann was defending the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) , during the Battle of Midway.

Lieutenant Enright has been posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in recognition of extremely heroic and courageous conduct as Officer-in-Charge of a boat sent to rescue two aviators at Guadalcanal on May 4, 1942.  He was also awarded the Purple Heart.

His mother christened the USS Enright, named in honor of her son, on May 29, 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and his family attended the commissioning ceremonies on September 21, 1943.
 

Information courtesy of "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" (1969).