Cutter Munro to be christened

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding will christen the sixth U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, Munro (WMSL 755), on Saturday at 10 a.m. Adm. Paul Zukunft, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, is the keynote speaker. Munro died in 1942 on Guadalcanal after volunteering to evacuate a detachment of Marines facing annihilation by a large enemy force. He succeeded in safely extricating them and in doing so was mortally wounded. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the Coast Guard’s sole recipient of the award. Munro is the sixth Legend-class cutter built by Ingalls. (Source: HII, 11/10/15)