Boatswain's Mate First Class Bernard C. Webber, coxswain of Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 from Station Chatham, and his crew, consisting of Engineman Third Class Andrew Fitzgerald, Seaman Richard Livesey, and Seaman Ervin Maske, rescued the crew from Pendletons stern section, with Pendleton broken in half.
The first of the Coast Guard's Sentinel-class cutters, , was named in BM1 Webber's honor [REF].