CG MUNRO

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Coast Guard cutter decommissioned after 49 years of service

The US Coast Guard will decommission the 'Douglas Munro (WHEC 724)', the Coast Guard’s last 378-foot Hamilton class cutter, following 49 years of service, during a ceremony on April 24, 2021, at 11 a.m. on th eCoast Guard Base Kodiak. The cutter’s namesake is Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts of extraordinary heroism during World War II. Munro was in charge of an eight-craft amphibious landing force during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Munro bravely used his landing craft and its .30 caliber machine gun to shield and protect several hundred Marines who were under heavy enemy fire. He was mortally wounded during this effort, but his actions allowed for the Marines to be extracted by other landing craft. For these actions Munro was posthumously bestowed the Medal of Honor, making him the only person to receive the medal for actions performed during service in the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Cutter Munro Returns to Alaska after Winter Deployment

The Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew returned to Kodiak, Alaska, after a 103 day deployment. The Munro crew left Kodiak on Jan. 5, 2016, and spent 31 days in San Diego, California, for a bi-annual operational assessment, returning to Kodiak briefly on Feb. 5, 2016. The crew of Munro was assessed for and received excellence ratings for their competencies in navigation, seamanship, engineering, electronics, damage control, warfare, gunnery, medical, and communications exercises. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/04/19/coast-guard-cutter-munro-returns-alaska-after-winter-deployment.html