USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Ball Cap Patch "Vintage 1983"

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Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Ball Cap Patch "Vintage 1983"
This used Vintage 1983 Ball Cap Patch is in very good condition and measures 4 1/4" wide and
2 7/8" high.
The USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) is a Hamilton-class High Endurance Cutter of the
United States Coast Guard, named for Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro, the only Coast
Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The Douglas Munro was commissioned on
September 27, 1971, at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This is the tenth of twelve 378-foot cutters, and the first to be named after a Coast Guard hero.
The previously commissioned 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.
- On April 15, 1972, the dedication of the ship took place at the Munro's first homeport of Boston,
Massachusetts.
- In 1980, the Cutter Munro moved to yet another new homeport: Honolulu, Hawaii.
- In 1983, while conducting training with the Japan Coast Guard the Munro was called upon to aid
in the rescue and salvage operations for Korean Air Flight 007 in the Sea of Japan.
- Later in 1986, the ship underwent an extensive three-year Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization
(FRAM) program. Weapons systems were upgraded and many portions of the cutter were
remodeled.
- Upon being re-commissioned in November 1989, Munro was homeported at Coast Guard Island
in
Alameda, California.
- From December 2004 to June 2005, the Cutter Munro operated in the Persian Gulf with the
Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group.
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As of September 4, 2007, Douglas Munro was home-ported in Kodiak, Alaska.
The USCGC Munro continues to serve in the surrounding area during which time is has also made
an appearance in an episode of the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch, conducting search
and rescue operations following the loss of the fishing vessel Ocean Challenger. as well as being
featured in the BBC series Full Circle with Michael Palin in 1997, as the presenter was on the ship
at the end of his documentary circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim.