US Coast Guard decommissions storied cutter in Alaska
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 8:58 pm EDT
JUNEAU, Alaska The U.S. Coast Guard has decommissioned a ship whose home port was in Alaska after almost 50 years in service.
The cutter Douglas Munro was decommissioned in a ceremony in Kodiak on Saturday.
The ship was commissioned in 1971 and has served across the world. The Coast Guard said the Douglas Munro had been used for search and rescue, fisheries enforcement, counterpiracy efforts, disaster relief and oceanographic research support.
“During my time aboard I have witnessed the sacrifices of the crew as they spent time away from their loved ones in service to their country,” said Capt. Riley Gatewood, commanding officer of the Douglas Munro.
Coast Guard decommissions storied Alaska cutter after decades in service
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The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is pictured during their last Bering Sea patrol, in which the crew conducted boarding evolutions of the fishing fleet and were available to respond to search and rescue cases in March 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard)
22 Apr 2021
The Coast Guard will say goodbye Saturday to the last of its workhorse open-ocean cutters of the past 50 years, the 378-foot high endurance cutter Douglas Munro.
At 49 years of service, the Hamilton-class cutter Munro will be decommissioned in a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, heralding completion of Deepwater, a replacement effort for the service s long-haul vessels that began in the late 1990s.
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