. . "USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722), commissioned on March 10, 1969, was the eighth of twelve 378-foot turbine/diesel powered Hamilton-class high endurance cutters (WHECs) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. The ship was homeported at Governors Island, New York. In 1977, Morgenthau became the first cutter to have women permanently assigned, followed shortly thereafter by .[citation needed] Her Pacific coast activities have included drug interdiction and seizures, foreign and domestic fisheries enforcement, search and rescue, and alien migrant interdiction."@en . . . "USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC 722), commissioned on March 10, 1969, was the eighth of twelve 378-foot turbine/diesel powered Hamilton-class high endurance cutters (WHECs) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. The ship was homeported at Governors Island, New York. In late 1970 the ship sailed to South Vietnam for service in the U.S. Navy's Operation Market Time. (Operation Market Time was the United State's naval operation to intercept and halt North Vietnamese ships and boats using South Vietnam waterways to supply arms and ammunition to the North Vietnam army and Viet Cong.) The Morgenthau was extremely active in the Vietnam War: boarding ships and boats suspected of running guns and ammo, providing naval gunfire support, providing medical care to Vietnamese villagers, and 24/7 patrol duties off the coast of Vietnam. The Morgenthau received a Meritorious Unit Citation for sinking a 180' gunning running ship in a multi-hour battle on Easter Sunday morning 1971. The Morgenthau served in Vietnam until relieved by a 311' Casco-class cutter in July 1971. In 1977, Morgenthau became the first cutter to have women permanently assigned, followed shortly thereafter by .[citation needed] Her Pacific coast activities have included drug interdiction and seizures, foreign and domestic fisheries enforcement, search and rescue, and alien migrant interdiction. In 1989, Morgenthau was decommissioned to undergo a major mid-life renovation, the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) to upgrade berthing and living spaces, rejuvenate engineering systems, and modernize her major weapons and sensors. Upon recommissioning in 1991, Morgenthau resumed her missions in the Pacific Ocean. Her current motto, translated from Latin, is \"Pride of the Pacific.\"[citation needed] Morgenthau was homeported at Integrated Support Command Alameda, Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California until December 2012. On December 13, 2012 a hull swap was performed with the crew of the USCGC Jarvis and the new crew sailed the Morgenthau back to her new home port in Honolulu, Hawaii."@en . "--03-10"^^ . . . . . "USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722)"@en . . "USCGC Morgenthau 1970 off Governors Island in New York Harbor. Note World Trade Center construction in background."@en . . . . . . . .