Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay

U.S. Coast Guard Station – Tillamook Bay
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The main building of CGS Tillamook Bay is a nationally registered historic site.
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Location	US 101, Garibaldi, Oregon
Coordinates	45°33′31″N 123°55′13″W / 45.558550°N 123.920319°W / 45.558550; -123.920319Coordinates: 45°33′31″N 123°55′13″W / 45.558550°N 123.920319°W / 45.558550; -123.920319
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1943 (1943)
Built by	U.S. Coast Guard
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	93001337[1]
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1993

Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay is an active duty Coast Guard Station as well as a nationally recognized historic site.^[2] A station has been operating in Tillamook Bay since 1908. The station was opened by the United States Life-saving Service a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard. The current station has been in continuous operation since 1942.

In 1909 station crew rescued the complement of the coastal steam Argo.^[2]

Over the July 4th weekend of 1980 Richard Dixon, the coxswain of a 44-foot Motor Lifeboat from the station was awarded the unusual honor of two Coast Guard Medals, for leading two daring rescues.^[3][4]

The station was designated a historic site in 1983.

References

1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 
2. 1 2 LeeAnn Neal (2008-03-10). "USCG Station Tillamook Bay celebrates a century of saving lives". Oregon Live. Retrieved 2013-01-11. On March 7, 1908, Barview Lifesaving Station was established approximately one and a half miles north of Garibaldi. Congress finally approved the building plans in 1904 after 10 years of determined pleas by Oregon Representative Binger Hermann. Hermann pointed out that there was not a station for 50 miles in either direction of Tillamook Bay, and that this was the largest unprotected coastline in Oregon. 
3. ↑ Connie Braesch (2010-11-11). "Coast Guard Heroes: Richard Dixon". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Richard Dixon, a Boatswain's Mate stationed at Tillamook Bay, was awarded two Coast Guard Medals for his heroic actions on July Fourth weekend, 1980. 
4. ↑ Clive Lawford (2011). "US Coast Guard Medal Awards". Retrieved 2013-01-10. 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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