Hawes (FFG 53) - Naval Cruise Book

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NAMESAKE Hawes History RADM. Richard Ellington Hawes Richard EllingttJii Hawes was born in Thomson, Georgia, on February 12, 1894. He at- tended the University of Georgia on a baseball scholarship before transferring to Mercer University. There he won recognition in both base- ball and football. He earned a law de- gree along the way, but passed up the bar exam to coach and play professional baseball. When America entered World War I in 1917, Hawes enlisted in the Navy as a Fireman Second Class. Fifteen months later he accepted a temporary appoint- ment as an Ensign, but reverted to Boat- swain (Warrant Officer) in 1920. In March 1926 Hawes joined USS FAL- CON (ASR-2) as Executive Officer. While aboard FALCON he jilayed a key role in the salvage of USS S-51 off Block Island, Rhode Island in September, 1925. For his part in that difficult and dangerous operation Boatswain Hawes received his first Navy Cross. On Febru- ary 18, 1929, Hawes was commissioned an Ensign by a special act of Congress in recognition of his service in salvaging the S-51 and S-4. In January 1940 Lieutenant Hawes assumed (ommand of USS PIGEON (ASR-6) and was serving in that role when the United States entered World War II. On December 10, 1941 the PI- 10 GEON was docked at the Cav- ite N ' a y Yard on Manila Bay for repairs to her steering gi-ar when Japanese war- planes attacked. Since Pearl I larbor three days before, Hawes had main steam pres- sure up and the full crew aboard, ready to get under- way at an instant. Lashed to the minesweeper, QUAIL (AM-15), which pro ided steering for both, PIGEON cleared the docks and headed for the relative safety of the bay to dodge the enemy bombs. By this time Cavite had become a hellish inferno. Afer separating from QUAIL Hawes could see that the sub- marine SEADRAGON (SS- 194) was about to be engulfed in bombs and fire in her berth. Through heavy bombing and strafing, Lieutenant Hawes maneuvered the 187 foot PI- GEON back to the fiaming dock to haul the helpless sub- marine stern first from her berth. But PIGEON ' S crew managed to rig a line on the SEADRAGON and tow her to safety. For his action, Hawes received his second Navy Cross and PIGEON was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the first warship to receive the award in World War II. SEADRAGON went on to distinguished service, earning eleven battle stars be- fore the war ended. Except for the brief |)e- riods when he was in transit or jnitting USS CHANTI- CLEER (ASR-1) and USS ANTHEDON (AS-24) into (omnnssion, Ilawcs spent ii- iiially all of World War II at sea in the Pacific in command c:)f his three ships. Like Hawes himself, his ships always had a reputation for efficiency and readiness. When he put CHANTICLEER into com- mission, he had depth charged racks installed so he could prosecute Japanese sub- marines. When he put AN- THEDON into commission, 92 of his crew were induc- tees and had never been to sea, but he sailed directly from commissioning to the Pacific war and within two hours of his arrival was servicing sub- marines. He received the Bronze Star for undaunted courage and professional skill for his coinmand of that ship. As he left the Western Pacific theater in Januarv 1945, the Commander, Sub- marines, Philippine Sea Fron- tier sent a message of thanks and good wishes, describing Commander Hawes and his men as ever ready, ever fear- less. Hawes was promoted to Captain on March 25, 1945. On December I, 1952 he was transferred to the retired list and promoted to Rear Admi- ral. He died at his hcjme in Thomson, Georgia, on De- cember 30, 1968;

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CANDIDS SNAPSHOTS ' ' CLOCKWISE FROM lOP LEFT ACROSS BOTH PAGES: HAWES Basketball Team After Rigorous Game at ASU: Eat This: BM2 Cox Awaits Next Air Mission; A View From the Mast: Holiday Routine Volleyball (-ompetition on the Flight Deck: SN Storey Finds a Cheap Alternative to Taxi Cabs: Work Break: QMSN Riley, EM2 Mabry and SN Korte on Liberty