Keel ceremony; NSC departure

Hamilton leaves Pascagoula. Ingalls photo

PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Wednesday authenticated the keel of the sixth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Munro (WMSL 755). The ship honors Coast Guard Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro, who died in 1942 on Guadalcanal after evacuating a detachment of Marines. (Source: Huntington Ingalls Industries, 11/05/14). On Saturday, the fourth National Security Cutter built at Ingalls, Hamilton (WMSL 753), sailed away from the Pascagoula shipyard and will be commissioned Dec. 6 in Charleston, S.C.