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USS Douglas A. Munro (DE 422)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - T - Y - K

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars- World War II Victory Medal
Third Row: National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal w/ 3 stars - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Fourth Row: Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star- United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Douglas A. Munro (DE 422) Building and Operational Data:

31 January 1944: Keel laid by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.

08 March 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Lt.(jg) Edith F. Munro, USCGR, mother of Signalman Munro

11 July 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr G. G. Morris in command

15 January 1947: Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal. after 2 years and 6 months of service having steamed 86,682 miles

27February 1947: Inactivation completed at San Diego, Cal., assigned to Submarine Group Two, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

28 February 1951: Recommissioned at San Diego, Cal., Lcdr J. A. Lindbeck in command

24 June 1960: Decommissioned by Radm. L. E. Honsinger at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, Cal. after 9 years and 4 months of service;

Transferred to the custody of Commander, Mare Island Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet

01 December 1965: Struck from the NVR with a total of 11 years and 10 months of service

.. January 1966: Sunk as target

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0642201	59k	Douglas Albert Munro was born on 11 October 1919 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in September 1939 and had achieved the rank of Signalman First Class by September 1942. On the 27th of September 1942, while leading a group of landing craft during the Guadalcanal Campaign, he participated in the evacuation of U.S. Marines from the beach at Guadalcanal's Point Cruz. Using his boat as a shield between the Japanese and the Marines, he enabled the operation to proceed successfully, but was killed by enemy gunfire. For his "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry", Signalman First Class Munro was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the only Coast Guard member to be so honored during World War II. The escort ship USS *Douglas A. Munro* (DE 422) (1944-1960) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Navy photo #NH102453* from the Naval History and Heritage Command) (Photo colored by Tom Kermen)*	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0642202	77k	08 March 1944: Houston, Tex. - Douglas Munro's mother, Edith F. Munro, is shown at the ship's christening. After Signalman Munro was killed in action his Mother joined the U.S. Coast Guard.	Tom Kermen Beaverton, Ore. Photos courtesy of Dr. David Rosen, USCG Historian Originally supplied by Douglas J. Sheehan, Douglas A. Munro's nephew
0642203	129k	08 March 1944: Houston, Tex. - Mrs. Munro prepares to break the ceremonial bottle of champagne that sends the ship sliding down the way.
0642204	207k	08 March 1944: Houston, Tex. - *Douglas A. Munro* (DE 422) enters the waters of Houston Bay for the first time.
0642205	150k	undated post-war photo
0642213	194k	undated post-war photo (Note the "Homeward Bound" pennant streaming over the back of the ship. *Douglas A. Munro* departed Hong Kong on 05 Janary 1946 after serving in the Pacific since December of 1944. She arrived back in San Francisco on 01 February 1946.)	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0642214	334k	undated post-war image	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0642212	79k	Nov. '51 / Feb. '52: Korean waters - - *Douglas A. Munro* (DE 422), photographed from HMAS *Sydney* III (R 17). This was the ship's first Korean War deployment, having been recommissioned in February, 1951. (Australian Navy Photo #P05890.038 from the Australian War Museum)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0642211	263k	circa 1952 - 53: Hong Kong - *Douglas A. Munro* at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor. (Photo courtesy of Jim Sundine, former crewmember)	Tom Kermen Beaverton, Ore.
0642216	237k	21 April 1953: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - USS *Douglas A. Munro* (DE 422) at Pearl Harbor Naval Station. (U.S. Navy photo #80-G-630971 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
0642207	108k	February 1957: Pearl Harbor, Hi. - *Douglas A. Munro* in drydock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. These were Gary's first view of his new home, he was amazed at how many shades of primer could be on one ship.	Gary Hanson DK2, 1957-1960
0642208	103k
0642209	395k	circa 1957, 1958: Republic of the Philippines - *Douglas A. Munro* entering Manila Bay heading for the Subic Bay Naval Station.
0642206	74k	01 February 1959: at Sydney, Australia (Photo © John C. Jeremy)	John Jeremy
0642215	552k	1959: USS *Douglas A. Munro* (DE 422). (U.S. Navy photo #USN 1043481 (National Archives); from the Naval History and Heritage Command)	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager
0642210	59k	The gravesite of Douglas Albert Munro in Cle Elum, Washington. I took the photo a couple of years ago and have shared it with other websites. Doug is the only person from the Coast Guard to win the Medal of Honor. He was born in Canada, but grew up in South Cle Elum, Washington where his father ran the substation for the Milwaukee Road. The old Milwaukee Depot at South Cle Elum has been renovated and they have a section there to honor their hometown hero.	Tom Kermen Beaverton, Ore.

Douglas A. Munro History
View the USS Douglas A. Munro (DE 422) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Douglas A. Munro as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Douglas A. Munro's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 07 Nov. 1944 – 15 May 1945	Lcdr. Grinnell G. Morris, USNR
2.) 15 May 1945 – 24 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. Edward S. Stevens, USNR
3.) 24 Nov. 1945 – .. Sep. 1946	Lcdr. Earl Manuel Greer, USN (USNA ‘42) (Austin, Tex.)
4.) .. Sep. 1946 – 15 Jan. 1947	Lt. Arthur Oliver Lueke, USN
5.) 28 Feb. 1951 – .. Mar. 1953	Lcdr. John August Lindbeck, USN (USNA ‘42) (Salem, Ore.)
6.) .. Mar. 1953 – 01 Jun. 1954	Lcdr. Thomas Crockett Harbert, USN Jr. (USNA ‘42) (Trenton, Tenn.)
7.) 01 Jun. 1954 – 12 May 1956	Cmdr. Robert Nelson Adrian, USN (San Francisco, Cal.)
8.) 12 May 1956 – 04 Jan. 1958	Lt. / Lcdr. Samuel Lorenz Jr., USN (Okeene, Okla.)
9.) 04 Jan. 1958 – 27 Jun. 1959	Lcdr. / Cmdr. John Philip Wicks, USN
10.) 27 Jun. 1959 – 24 Jun. 1960	Lcdr. Richard Struyk, USN (USNA '48-B) (Paterson, N. J.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Last Known Reunion: January 2017 at Orlando, Fla.

Contact Name: Tony Nicita
Address: 411750 Teapot Court
City/State: Spring Hill, Fla. 34609
Phone: (352) 799-1937
E-mail: jcargomsgt at gmail.com

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