Page 31 - Bravo Zulu - 2017 2nd QT F-17 Newsletter

USCGC MUNRO 755 Commissioned April 1, 2017 at Seattle,
Homeports at USCG Base Alameda, CA

Roger Bazeley FSO-PA F1-7 D11N, BA Assistant Editor NAVEX – Excerpt

USCGC MUNRO SHIELD and Vessel Trials Photo, Courtesy USCG and Ingalls Archives

Munro is named to honor Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro, the Coast Guard’s sole recipient of
the Medal of Honor. He was mortally wounded on Sept. 27, 1942, while evacuating a detachment of
Marines on Guadalcanal during the battle with Japanese forces holding the Pacific Island.

Seattle as the selected 2017 site of the commissioning of the newest Legend Class High Security Cutter
MUNRO 755 was also the home of Douglas Munro who had been a resident of Cle Elum, a small town in
Washington State. The first USCGC Munro was commissioned on September 27, 1971, at Avondale
Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the tenth of twelve 378-foot (115 m) cutters; she was the first
to be named after a Coast Guard hero. The previously commissioned “Hamilton Class” 378-footers had
been named for former secretaries of the Treasury, a tradition that began in 1830 when a cutter was
named for Alexander Hamilton.

Photos: Roger Bazeley USCGAUX PA USCGC National Security Cutter Commissioning

USCGC Munro 755 Seattle, Wash. commissioning was attended by dignitaries, USCG members and
public, NLUS supporters, as well as the USCG Commandant Admiral Paul Zukunft, USCG VADM Fred
Midgette, Commander Pacific Area and Defense Force West, Captain Thomas King, Commanding
Officer USCGC Munro, and Ms. Julie Sheehan, ship sponsor. Ceremonial honors were presented by the
USCG Ceremonial Honor Guard, and the National Anthem performed by the U.S. Navy Northwest Band.