Coast Guard Cutter MORGENTHAU is named for Henry Morgenthau, Jr, Secretary of the Treasury from 1934 to 1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

USCGC MORGENTHAU (WHEC 722), commissioned on March 10, 1969, was the eighth of twelve 378-foot “Hamilton” class High Endurance Cutters (WHECs) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. First homeported at Governors Island, New York, MORGENTHAU was active in the Vietnam War, conducting underway replenishment, naval gunfire support, and patrol duties off the coast of Vietnam until relieved by a 311' cutter in 1971. In 1977, MORGENTHAU became the first cutter to have women permanently assigned,