George Douglas Cobb was an American lighthouse keeper who served at the

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near San Francisco. On December 26, 1896, he saved three young men from drowning near the

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, for which he was awarded a Silver Lifesaving Medal. A United States Coast Guard buoy tender (WLM 564) based in San Pedro, California was named for Cobb.

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