Videos – Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf completes Combat System Ship Qualification Trials
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, the Coast Guard’s first Legend-class cutter, returned to their homeport in Alameda yesterday, after a successful eight-week underway period.
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.
Video of Long Range Interceptor Launch by Cutter Bertholf
PACIFIC OCEAN – How do you launch a small boat out the stern of a ship? In this video the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf deploys and recovers the Long Range Interceptor (LRI), one of the three small boats carried onboard the Bertholf.
Cutter Bertholf Vertical Replenishment Video
PACIFIC OCEAN – In this video, the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf conducts a basket hoist exercise with a HH-65 helicopter crew from Air Station San Francisco, Oct. 24, 2008.
Contra Costa Times Video Report on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
The Contra Costa Times reports on the arrival of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf as it makes its maiden voyage to its home port in Alameda. Includes a look at the ship and interviews with several of the crew and their families.
Coast Guard Commissions New Cutter Aug. 4
COAST GUARD ISLAND, ALAMEDA, Calif.– The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the first 418-foot National Security Cutter, the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, into its fleet during a ceremony scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 4 here.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, will be the keynote speaker. Other distinguished guests include...
Old Guard Meets The Future In San Francisco Bay
SAN FRANCISCO – In a historic rendezvous, the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, and the cutter Bertholf passed along side each other near the San Francisco Ferry Terminal today.
The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is a three-masted barque, and carries square-rigged sails on the fore and main masts. The sailing vessel is 295 feet long, can attain speeds of up to 17 knots under full sail, and has the capacity...
First Operational Helicopter Landing on Coast Guard’s newest Cutter
Los Angeles – U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area Commander, Vice Admiral David Pekoske, arrived on the Coast Guard’s new National Security Cutter Bertholf at approximately 11:45 this morning. VADM Pekoske’s arrival aboard a Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles helicopter marked the first operational landing by a Pacific Area Unit.
VADM Pekoske joined Bertholf out at sea today for its homecoming voyage...
