Yugoslav Navy Admiral Vladimir Barović committed suicide on 29 September 1991 after refusing the JNA's order to shell coastal cities in Croatia.
Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs' Minister Grlić Radman said at the ceremony that the monument was in honour of the man who took his life rather than destroy the Dalmatian cities and towns.
Croatian Defence Minister Mario Banožić, who also attended the ceremony, praised Barović's act as "a great step" in the relations between Croatia and Montenegro.