page_title: USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724)
hierarchical_section_title: USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724)
context_page_description: 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.
  Douglas Munro was commissioned on September 27, 1971, at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tenth of twelve 378-foot cutters, she was 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.
  Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Douglas Munro's mother, Edith, were on hand to commission Douglas Munro. The ship's original complement included 17 officers and 143 enlisted men, under the command of the ship's first commanding officer, Captain John T. Rouse.
context_section_description: 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 (1919–1942), the only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor. 
  Douglas Munro was commissioned on September 27, 1971, at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tenth of twelve 378-foot (115 m) cutters, she was 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.
  Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Douglas Munro's mother, Edith, were on hand to commission Douglas Munro.  The ship's original complement included 17 officers and 143 enlisted men, under the command of the ship's first commanding officer, Captain John T. Rouse.
caption: USCGC Douglas Munro (WHEC-724)
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