SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf will depart Seattle after participating in the 60th Annual Seafair Fleet Week to conduct its first fisheries enforcement patrol.
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Keel laid for Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, first lady Michelle Obama sponsors cutter
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard and Northrop Grumman laid the keel for the future Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, the service’s third National Security Cutter, at 1 p.m. Monday at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding’s Gulf Coast shipyard, Pascagoula, Miss., ceremoniously marking the beginning of Stratton’s construction.
Coast Guard formally accepts National Security Cutter Bertholf
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard took final acceptance of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the first of the Legend class National Security Cutter fleet, at the cutter’s homeport of Alameda, Calif., Friday.
Video – Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the Coast Guard’s first Legend-class cutter, returned to their homeport in Alameda today, after a successful eight-week underway period.
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf completes first operational patrol
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the service’s first Legend-class National Security Cutter, Bertholf, returned to its homeport here Sunday marking the completion of the cutter’s first operational patrol.
Coast Guard Christens Second National Security Cutter
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard christened its second National Security Cutter, Waesche (WMSL 751), Saturday, during a ceremony at the Northrop Grumman Ship Building yard in Pascagoula, Miss.
The Waesche’s keel was laid Sept. 11, 2006, about six months after first-in-class Bertholf’s keel was laid. The Bertholf is scheduled to be commissioned Aug. 4, [...]