RICHARD DIXON WPC 1113
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Commissioning, cachet by Wolfgang Hechler, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
NAMESAKE - First Class Boatswain’s Mate Richard Dixon, USCG
Richard Dixon was the coxswain of a 44-foot Motor Lifeboat (#44409), on the July 4th weekend of 1980, when his skill and daring enabled him to rescue stricken pleasure boat crew off Tillamook Bay, Oregon. During the first incident a 58 foot yacht was in distress in the aftermath of Hurricane Celia, and needed to seek sheltered waters, but wave conditions seemed likely to batter it apart if it tried to use the narrow entrance between two stone jetties to enter Tillamook Bay's harbor. Dixon and the coxswain of another motor lifeboat maneuvered beside the yacht, to absorb some of the wave energy as if entered harbor.
In the second incident two pleasure boat occupants had fallen overboard and were within fifty feet of being dashed upon the harbor's breakwater. In spite of the danger of maneuvering so close to the crashing waves, in such high sea conditions, Dixon was able to rescue the pleasure boaters.
Dixon received Coast Guard Medals for both rescues.
The ships sponsor is Virginia Dixon, the wife of Senior Chief Petty Officer Richard Dixon.
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