CALHOUN WMSL 759
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.
Naming Ceremony by the Commandant of the USCG Admiral Karl L. Schultz October 2019 First steel cut 12 November 2019 Keel Authenticated 23 July 2021 - Launched 1 April 2022 - Christening 4 June 2022 |
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 MCPO Charles L. Calhoun, USCG |
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- USCGC Calhoun WMSL-759 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
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USPS Double |
2021-07-23 |
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Master Chief Petty Officer Charles Luther Calhoun, USCG. (20 April 1925 – 24 February 2002)
Calhoun was born in Ocean City, MD and joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 17 and was trained as a torpedoman. He served on the USS Lunga Point CVE-94 in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. He participated in many of the bloodiest battles of the theater, including the battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Calhoun was honorably discharged from the US Navy on 21 February 1946.
Calhoun enlisted in the US Coast Guard on 20 September 1946, and over the course of the next 14 years held varying positions of leadership including USCGC POINT ORIENT WPB-82319 in Vietnam, with the Staff of the Commander, Division 12, in Vietnam, recruiting offices in Salisbury, MD and Columbia, SC, the Coast Guard Training Center, Groton, CT, and the USCGC MCCULLOCH WHEC-386, USCGC CHINCOTEAGUE WHEC-375, USCGC WHITE SUMAC WLM-540, USCGC NARCISSUS WLI-238 and the Lightship RELIEF. He served as both executive and commanding officer while assigned to the RELIEF Lightship and USCGC NARCISSUS and USCGC WHITE SUMAC.. He was the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (MCPOCG) and served as the MCPOCG from 27 August 1969 until 1 August 1973.
MCPOCG Calhoun's awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit medal, the USCG Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon w/1 Bronze Star, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal w/1 Silver Star, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Bronze Stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 Bronze Star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 Bronze Stars, the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 Bronze Star, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Ribbon w/ Palm Unit Citation, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. MCPOCG Calhoun is also authorized to wear the Coxswain Insignia
The cutter's sponsor is Christina Calhoun Zubowicz, granddaughter of MCPO Calhoun.
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