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[[File:Skilled and daring lifeboat coxswain Richard Dixon.jpg|thumb|USCG lifeboat coxswain Richard Dixon.]]
[[File:Skilled and daring lifeboat coxswain Richard Dixon.jpg|thumb|USCG lifeboat coxswain Richard Dixon.]]
[[File:A motor lifeboat braving heavy waves off Tillamook Bay, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Waves can be dangerous off Tillamook Bay.]]
[[File:A motor lifeboat braving heavy waves off Tillamook Bay, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Waves can be dangerous off Tillamook Bay.]]
'''Richard Dixon''' was the [[coxswain]] of a [[44 foot motor lifeboat]], on the July 4th weekend of 1980, when his skill and daring enabled him to rescue stricken pleasure boat crew off [[Tillamook Bay, Oregon]].<ref name=UscgBioRichardDixon>
In 2010, the [[United States Coast Guard]] decided that all the new [[Sentinel class cutters]] would be named after Coast Guard personnel who had been recognized for their heroism.  Coxwain [[Richard Dixon (USCG)|Richard Dixon]] was one of those to be honored.<ref name=UscgHeroes2010-10-17>
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| quote      = Petty Officer Dixon is cited for heroism on the afternoon of 3 July 1980 while serving as the coxswain of Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat (MLB) 44409.
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During the first incident a 58 foot yacht was in distress in the aftermath of [[Hurricane_Celia_(1980)#Hurricane_Celia|hurricane Celia]],<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/awards/CGMedalDixonRD.pdf | title=Citation to accompany the award of the Coast Guard Medal to Richard D. Dixon | date=2 February 1981 |author=[[John Briggs Hayes|Admiral J. B. Hayes]]}}</ref>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 life boat 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.<ref name=UscgBioRichardDixon/>
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 Medal]]s for both rescues.<ref name=UscgBioRichardDixon/>
 
==USCGC ''Richard Dixon''==
 
In 2010 when the Coast Guard decided that all the new [[Sentinel class cutters]] would be named after Coast Guard personnel who had been recognized for their heroism Dixon was one of those to be honored.<ref name=UscgHeroes2010-10-17/><ref>
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USCG lifeboat coxswain Richard Dixon.
Waves can be dangerous off Tillamook Bay.

In 2010, the United States Coast Guard decided that all the new Sentinel class cutters would be named after Coast Guard personnel who had been recognized for their heroism. Coxwain Richard Dixon was one of those to be honored.[1][2] The thirteenth cutter in the class will be named the USCGC Richard Dixon. She will be the first Sentinel class cutter to be homeported in Puerto Rico.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Stephanie Young. Coast Guard Heroes, United States Coast Guard, 2010-10-27. Retrieved on 2012-04-20.
  2. ↑ U.S. Coast Guard announces name for first Sentinel-class cutter, United States Coast Guard, 2010-03-22. Retrieved on 2013-02-01. “Previously designated to be named the Coast Guard Cutter Sentinel, the cutter Bernard C. Webber will be the first of the service’s new 153-foot patrol cutters. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen approved the change of the cutter’s name to allow this class of vessels to be named after outstanding enlisted members who demonstrated exceptional heroism in the line of duty. This will be the first class of cutters to be named exclusively for enlisted members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services.”
  3. ↑ Rhonda Carpenter. Coast Guard Commissions Third Fast Response Cutter, William Flores, Defense Media Network, 2012-11-05. “The first six FRCs for District 7 will be homeported in Miami; the next six in Key West; and the remaining six in Puerto Rico.”
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