Historical Marker

Rear Admiral Richard Ellington Hawes

Thomson · Mcduffie County · Erected 1997

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

Remembers Thomson-born Richard E. Hawes, twice awarded the Navy Cross, whose USS Pigeon was the only surface ship to earn two WWII Presidential Unit Citations; a Navy frigate later bore his name.

About this site

Rear Admiral Richard Ellington Hawes is a historical marker in Thomson, Mcduffie County, erected in 1997. It is one of 14 historical markers documented in Mcduffie County, among 73 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.4697, -82.5044 near Thomson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Nancy Hart Highway (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McDuffie County, Sen. Thomas E. Watson, and Thomson City Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.4697, -82.5044 · Thomson, Mcduffie County

Directions (Apple)Google Maps View map

Get Georgia Roam — 12,000+ historic sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Georgia on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.

or open the live map in your browser →

Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Nearby in Mcduffie County

Sen. Thomas E. Watson

Thomson · 1956

Cemetery

Thomson City Cemetery

Thomson

Historical Marker

Home of Thomas E. Watson