World War II Navy Service
Monomoy, manned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, joined the Weather Patrol, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, in 1942. From her base at Boston, Massachusetts, she periodically sailed to weather stations 1 and 2, where she provided weather reports vital for the safety of convoys and air commerce.
Operating in dangerous waters, she made frequent contact with marauding submarines. Attacked by a Nazi U-boat 24 July, she returned fire, damaging the submarine, forcing it to break off action.
She continued patrolling the North Atlantic for the next 15 months, and despite enemy harassment and rough seas, was able to render valuable service to those crossing the Atlantic.
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