Thomas McAdams

{{Short description|US Coast Guard Master Officer}}

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|birth_date={{birth date and age|1931|6|14}}

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|birth_place= Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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|allegiance=United States of America

|branch=United States Coast Guard

|serviceyears=1950–1977

|rank=Master Chief Petty Officer

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Thomas D. McAdams (born June 14, 1931)"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (16 May 2014), Thomas D Mc Adams, Residence, Newport, Oregon, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information. is a retired US Coast Guard master chief petty officer and former rescue boat commander.

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| title = Bamfield marks 100 years of saving lives at sea

| publisher = Victoria Times Colonist

| date = 2008-06-17

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| quote = Tom McAdams, who's a legendary figure in the U.S. Coast Guard, stole the show at the historic symposium with his on-the-job tales. McAdams served for 27 years in the Pacific Northwest based out of USCG Station Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon. After retirement he joined the Newport Fire Department and gave that organization 30 years of service.

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{{cite web|url=http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/07/the-champion-lifesaver-of-the-pacific-coast/|title=The champion lifesaver of the Pacific coast|author=Young, L.T. Stephanie|date=July 25, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2016}} He is considered the most famous enlisted person to serve in the US Coast Guard in history, saving over one-hundred lives over a 27-year-long career throughout the Pacific Northwest.{{cite web|url=https://www.uscg.mil/history/people/McAdamsThomasIndex.asp|work=United States Coast Guard|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|title=BMCM Thomas D. McAdams, USCG (Ret.)|accessdate=January 22, 2017}}

After retiring from the Coast Guard in 1977, McAdams became an officer in the volunteer fire department in Newport, Oregon, the same community where he had commanded his motor lifeboats.