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Richard T. Snyder was a heroic Boatswain's Mate in the US Coast Guard during World War 2. He earned a Silver Star and 6 Bronze Stars.

Legacy
In 2010, Charles "Skip" W. Bowen, who was then the Coast Guard's most senior non-commissioned officer, proposed that all 58 cutters in the Sentinel class should be named after enlisted sailors in the Coast Guard, or one of its precursor services, who were recognized for their heroism. In 2014 the Coast Guard announced that the 27th cutter would be named the USCGC Richard Snyder. The Richard Snyder was the first of two Sentinel class cutters to be homeported in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina.