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USCGC Munro (WMSL-755)
Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Munro.
USCGC Munro (WMSL-755) is the sixth Legend-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Munro is the second cutter named for Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro (1919–1942), the only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor. The US Navy destroyer escort USS Douglas A. Munro (DE-422) was also named for Munro.
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Name | Munro |
Namesake | Douglas A. Munro |
Awarded | April 30, 2013 |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Cost | $487.1 million |
Laid down | November 5, 2014 |
Launched | September 12, 2015 |
Sponsored by | Julie Sheehan |
Christened | November 14, 2015 |
Acquired | December 16, 2016 |
Commissioned | April 1, 2017 |
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Motto | "Gallantry in Action" |
Status | In service |
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Class and type | Legend-class cutter |
Displacement | 4500 LT |
Length | 418 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Height | 140 ft (43 m) |
Draft | 22.5 ft (6.9 m) |
Decks | 4 |
Propulsion | Combined diesel and gas |
Speed | 28+ knots |
Range | 12,000 nm |
Endurance | 60 days |
Complement | 111 (15 Officers, 15 CPO, 81 Enlisted) and can carry up to 148 depending on mission[1] |
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Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
Aircraft carried | 2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV |
Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
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