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Multimedia Release

Date: June 28, 2011

Contact: D14 Public Affairs

(808) 535-3230

Coast Guard National Security Cutter Bertholf arrives in Hawaii

Chief Warrant Officer Colin Langeslay, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, monitors a screen during a training operation with an aircrew piloting an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Barbers Point approximately 10 miles off the coast of Oahu June 27, 2011.  Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf steams off the coast of Oahu, June 27, 2011.   Boarding team members from Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, Cutter Galveston Island and a member from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration perform a commercial fishing vessel safety inspection on the vessel Lady Betty, June 24, 2011.

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HONOLULU – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf arrived at Coast Guard Base Sand Island at approximately 8 a.m., Tuesday.

The 418-foot Legend-class National Security Cutter is the first of eight NSC's planned for the Coast Guard. The Cutter Bertholf deploys with a variety of new technologies and equipment to enhance the Coast Guard’s mission effectiveness. Such innovations include two stern-launching small boats, advanced weapons systems such as a Mark 110 57-millimeter gun, a 20-millimeter Close In weapon system and a Mark 46 electro-optical/infrared sensor. The Cutter Bertholf also has two hangars that can accommodate the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and improved living spaces for the crew.

The Cutter Bertholf is part of the Coast Guard’s ongoing initiative to update and modernize its vessels and equipment throughout the fleet. Other projects include the Offshore Patrol Cutter and Fast Response Cutter programs.

Hawaii is just one of the crew’s stops during this underway period. The crew recently completed a patrol along the coast of Alaska. While en route to Hawaii, the Cutter Bertholf supported the 14th Coast Guard District by patrolling the distant areas of the Hawaiian fishing grounds.

While in port, the crew will offer tours to the public on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of the public can find the Cutter Bertholf moored at the pier on Coast Guard Base Sand Island.

For more information contact the 14th Coast Guard District public affairs team at 808-535-3230.

To see a video of the Cutter Bertholf, click the following link:

http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=1301285

To see a virtual tour of the Bertholf, visit the website below:

http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcBertholf/virtualtour/default.html

For more information about the National Security Cutter and the Coast Guard's acquisition program, visit the following websites:

http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/nsc/projectdescription.asp

http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/nsc/features.asp

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