USCGCBertholf
 USCGCBertholf(WMSL-750)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | CommodoreEllsworth P. Bertholf,USCG |
| Ordered | January 2001 |
| Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems,Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Cost | $641 million[1] |
| Laid down | March 29, 2005 |
| Launched | September 29, 2006 |
| Christened | November 11, 2006 |
| Commissioned | August 4, 2008 |
| Homeport | Integrated Support Command Alameda |
| Identification |
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| Motto | "Legends Begin Here" |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 4500 LT |
| Length | 418 feet (127 meters) |
| Beam | 54 feet (16 meters) |
| Draft | 22.5 feet (6.9 meters) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28+ knots |
| Range | 12,000 nm |
| Complement | 113 (14 officers + 99 enlisted) and can carry up to 167 depending on mission[3] |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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| Armor | Ballistic protection for main gun |
| Aircraft carried | 2 xMH-65C Dolphin MCH,or 4 xVUAVor 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV |
| Aviation facilities | 50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft |
USCGCBertholf(WMSL-750)is the firstLegend-classmaritime security cutter of theUnited States Coast Guard.She is named forCommodoreEllsworth P. Bertholf,fourthcommandantof both theRevenue Cutter Serviceand Coast Guard.
In 2005, construction began atNorthrop Grumman's Ship SystemsIngalls ShipyardinPascagoula, Mississippi.She was launched on September 29, 2006,[4]christened November 11, 2006,[5]andcommissionedon August 4, 2008. The cutter's home port isAlameda, California.Bertholfwas the first to fire theBofors 57 mm gunaboard a U.S. vessel on 11 February 2008.[6]
Operational history
[edit]On March 3, 2016,Bertholfresponded to a sighting off the Pacific Coast of Panama of a semi-submersible narco-submarine, reported by aP-3 Orion.[7]The semi-submersible surrendered to a boarding party launched fromBertholf,and four suspects were captured along with 6 tons of cocaine.[8]The boarding party then sank the semi-submersible.[9]During the 2012RIMPAC exercisesBertholfdetected and tracked missile threats and also providednaval gunfire supportfor troops ashore during the training exercise, demonstrating the capability of moving with other naval forces and being able to perform other defense operations.[10]
On 25 March 2019,USSCurtis Wilbur(DDG-54),in concert withBertholftransited the contestedTaiwan Strait.[11]On 15 April of same year, the ship visitedHong Kong,the first Coast Guard vessel to do so in seventeen years.[12]
Legend-class cutter
[edit]Bertholfis the lead ship of theLegend-class cutterdesign and the first large ship to be built under the Coast Guard's multi-yearDeepwateracquisitions project. The NSCs replaced the fleet's aging 1960s-era 378-footHamilton-classcutters.
Features
[edit]- Automated weapon systems
- Medium-caliber deck gun (57 mm) capable of stopping rogue merchant vessels far from shore[13]
- Helicopter launch and recovery pad with rail-based aircraft retrieval system and two aircraft hangars
- Stern launching rampfor small boat launch and recovery
- Bow thruster
- State-of-the-art C4ISR improving interoperability between Coast Guard and Department of Defense assets[14]
- Detection and defense capabilities against chemical, biological, or radiological attack
- Advanced sensors for intelligence collection and sharing
- Real-time tracking and seamless common operational picture/maritime domain awareness via integration withRescue 21
- Advanced state-of-the-art Ships Integrated Control System (machinery control, steering, navigation) for reduced manpower requirements and improved automation
- Cassidian (EADS) TRS-3D/16-ES air search radar for area surveillance[15]
- The cutter can have an anti-terrorism/force protection suite that will include underwater sonar that will allow the cutter to scan ports, approaches, facilities and high-value assets for underwater mines and mine-like devices and detect swimmers.
Gallery
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Test firing of theMK110 57mm gunaboard USCGC Bertholf. -
Flight deck crew members aboardBertholftie down anMH-65 Dolphinhelicopter. -
USCG long range interceptorusing the stern launching ramp of the USCGC Bertholf. -
ApproachingClipperton Island
References
[edit]- ^"USCG National Security Cutters: Bad News, Good News".Defense Industry Daily.11 September 2007.Archivedfrom the original on 19 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"MTU Powers Deepwater National Security Cutter".The world of Dieselman.30 January 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"National Security Cutter: Program Profile".U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate.Archived fromthe originalon 14 February 2017.Retrieved12 February2017.
- ^"CGC Bertholf Is Launched".Integrated Coast Guard Systems.29 September 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2007.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"Photo Release – Bertholf Christening Honors U.S. Coast Guard's First National Security Cutter and Celebrates Recovery Milestone".Huntington Ingalls Industries.11 November 2006.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^U.S. Coast Guard (1 July 2008)."Full length feature of the USCGC Bertholf".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2016.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"Video: Coast Guard intercepts narco submarine".Marine Log.28 March 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 27 April 2016.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"Video of Coast Guard's $200 million cocaine bust off Panama released".Fox News.Associated Press. 29 March 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^Myers, Meghann (7 August 2017)."Coast Guard cutter busts fifth cocaine sub in less than a year".Navy Times.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^Faram, Mark (1 May 2013)."National Security Cutters Demonstrate Capabilities".Defense Media Network.Archivedfrom the original on 13 February 2017.Retrieved12 February2017.
- ^"US Navy and Coast Guard Ships pass through strategic Taiwan Strait".Archivedfrom the original on 25 March 2019.Retrieved25 March2019.
- ^"Cách tường hữu nhĩ: Mỹ phòng vệ đội hải tuần hạm 17 niên lai thủ phóng cảng - lý bát phương".Apple Daily bình quả nhật báo.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-04-16.Retrieved2019-04-16.
- ^"Maritime Security Cutter, Large (WMSL)".GlobalSecurity.org.Archivedfrom the original on 3 December 2016.Retrieved25 November2016.
- ^Peters, Katherine McIntire (29 May 2009)."National security cutter approved for classified operations".Government Executive.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2019.Retrieved17 February2019.
- ^"TRS 3D - MSSR 2000I".Cassidian.com.Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2010.Retrieved5 March2012.
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