DOUGLAS MUNRO WHEC 724

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Hamilton Class High Endurance Cutter Keel Laid Unknown - Launched Unknown USCGC MUNRO WHEC-724 Commissioned 27 September 1971 Decommissioned for FRAM upgrade 1986 Recommissioned 11 November 1989 USCGC DOUGLAS MUNRO WHEC-724 Renamed 1 April 2017 - In Commission (Special) 31 March 2021 Decommissioned (Scheduled) 24 April 2021

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 1     (1971-1986)
2. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 2     (1989-2021)
3. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 3     (Munro Tributes)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel New Orleans LA

1971-09-27

N/A

Commissioning. Cover is embossed with the cutters seal. From the John Young collection.

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Ship Postmark

 

Locy Type 11-2t (USCGC, FPO AP 96672-3917)

2002-09-30

Collector request by John Young.

 

Locy Type 11-2t(n+) (USCGC, FPO AP 96672-3917)

2010-01-07

"Ballot" postmark, cachet by Dave Curtis

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial "Hometown Station" South Cle Elum, WA

1989-11-11

Recommissioning following FRAM, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

Other Information

See USS Douglas A. Munro DE-422 and USCGC Munro WMSL-755

NAMESAKE - Douglas Albert Munro, born October 11 1919 in Vancouver, Canada, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard September 18 1939. Signalman First Class Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his gallantry during the daring evacuation of the beleaguered Marines from Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, leading the boats to the beach and then placing his craft as a shield between the beachhead and Japanese fire which took his life September 27 1942, just before the evacuation was completed. {DANFS}

 

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