Welcome USCGC Bertholf!
The first new Coast Guard ship in almost four decades reached home Wednesday, reuniting its crew with family and friends they hadn't seen in six months.
In the photo: Manuel Bencomo greets his 4-year-old son Noah at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, where the newly-christened USCGC Bertholf stopped to pick up family members en route to its new home port, Alameda, Calif. The Alameda-based crew had been in Pascagoula, Miss., for the past six months getting the new Coast Guard cutter ready for service. (Karl Mondon/Contra Costa Times)
The Bertholf, a 420-foot ship and the first of its class in the Coast Guard, is a multi-mission ship designed for law enforcement, search-and-rescue missions and working military operations with the Navy, said Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Dave Oney. To learn more about the Bertholf, read: U. S. Coast Guard's Bertholf at Sea - Commissioning Aug 4 in Alameda
Crew members spent the past six months training on the ship in Pascagoula, Miss., and arrived home Wednesday after a goodwill tour.The Bertholf is cutting-edge and state-of-the-art on many levels and offers an array of very impressive features. Among them is a57-mm forward mount gun, which can discharge 220 rounds per minute and is the first of its kind, said Coast Guard spokesman Michael Anderson.
"We beat the Navy to it," Anderson said. "Look at the serial number: It's 001.
"The best part is it only loads one kind of round; you tell the ammunition what to do from a computer," Anderson said. "It can be explosive, armor penetrating; it can explode in the air. You don't have to load several different kinds of rounds. Disabling fire for large cargo vessels will be the main use. And it's all pinpoint accurate."
If you would like to know more about the USCGC Bertholf, its capabilities and specifications, or details about the August 4th commissioning ceremony please read: U. S. Coast Guard's Bertholf at Sea - Commissioning Aug 4 in Alameda
You may also be interested in watching this video report for USCGC Bertholf:
USCG Resources:
- Eleventh Coast Guard District- USCG (headquartered in San Francisco Bay)
- Sector San Francisco, USCG
- Air Station San Francisco, USCG
- Station Golden Gate, USCG
- Main web site for the United States Coast Guard
- Cal Maritime Academy, Merchant Marines and the Coast Guard
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Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area, USCGC Bertholf and the men and women who serve aboard this magnificent new ship!
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