The Coast Guard Is Retiring Its Last Hamilton-Class High Endurance Cutter
The Coast Guard Is Retiring Its Last Hamilton-Class High Endurance Cutter 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 a...
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