USCGC Bertholf

USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750)
History
United States
NamesakeCommodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf, USCG
OrderedJanuary 2001
BuilderNorthrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost$641 million[1]
Laid downMarch 29, 2005
LaunchedSeptember 29, 2006
ChristenedNovember 11, 2006
CommissionedAugust 4, 2008
HomeportIntegrated Support Command Alameda
Identification
Motto"Legends Begin Here"
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Displacement4500 LT
Length418 feet (127 meters)
Beam54 feet (16 meters)
Draft22.5 feet (6.9 meters)
Propulsion
Speed28+ knots
Range12,000 nm
Complement113 (14 officers + 99 enlisted) and can carry up to 167 depending on mission[3]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • EADS 3D TRS-16 AN/SPS-75 Air Search Radar
  • SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SLQ-32
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • 2 SRBOC/ 2 x NULKA countermeasures chaff/rapid decoy launcher
Armament
ArmorBallistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV
Aviation facilities50-by-80-foot (15 m × 24 m) flight deck, hangar for all aircraft

USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750) is the first Legend-class maritime security cutter of the United States Coast Guard. She is named for Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf, fourth commandant of both the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard.

In 2005, construction began at Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on September 29, 2006,[4] christened November 11, 2006,[5] and commissioned on August 4, 2008. The cutter's home port is Alameda, California. Bertholf was the first to fire the Bofors 57 mm gun aboard a U.S. vessel on 11 February 2008.[6]

  1. ^ "USCG National Security Cutters: Bad News, Good News". Defense Industry Daily. 11 September 2007. Archived from the original on 19 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "MTU Powers Deepwater National Security Cutter". The world of Dieselman. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. ^ "National Security Cutter: Program Profile". U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ "CGC Bertholf Is Launched". Integrated Coast Guard Systems. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Photo Release – Bertholf Christening Honors U.S. Coast Guard's First National Security Cutter and Celebrates Recovery Milestone". Huntington Ingalls Industries. 11 November 2006. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ U.S. Coast Guard (1 July 2008). "Full length feature of the USCGC Bertholf". YouTube. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.