WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release:
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned to their Base Alameda homeport on Coast Guard Island Oct. 9, 2026, following a 112-day Alaska patrol that covered more than 23,000 nautical miles across the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Operating under the Coast Guard Arctic District, Munro deployed to control, secure and defend the nation's northernmost maritime approaches, enforce living marine resource regulations and strengthen defense interoperability with joint and international partners in an increasingly contested region.
During the patrol, Munro executed Operation Frontier Sentinel, monito...