Welcome Aboard The CGC Bertholf
Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) is the first of a new class of National Security Cutter.
She is a state-of-the-art 418-foot vessel designed to meet the challenges the Coast Guard
faces today and for years to come. BERTHOLF will be commissioned in Alameda at Coast Guard
Island on August 4th 2008.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
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Photos
Petty Officer 3rd Class Tomas Torres, a boatswain’s mate, visually checks the horizon for vessels during a gunnery exercise
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Cadet 1st Class Kelly Prouhet answers calls to the bridge while she stands break in Quartermaster of the Watch (QMOW)
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Bertholf’s helicopter tie down team standby to return to the hanger after removing the primary tie downs from a HH-65 helicopter
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Petty Officer 2nd Class John Landry, a machinery technician, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Francis Bent, an electrician’s mate, wait for the command to advance during a helicopter fire fighting drill
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An HH-65 helicopter for Air Station New Orleans prepares to take off
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Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Hoppenrath and Chief Petty Officer Raul Ruvalcaba, both machinery technicians, return a aviation fuel hose to its standby position after the first helicopter refuelS
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Ensign Andrew Somplasky, a landing signal officer, does a final inspection of the flight deck before an HH-65 helicopter from Air Station New Orleans lands
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Lt. Krystyn Pecora, a helicopter control officer, supervises the first Coast Guard HH-60 helicopter land onboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, Jun 15, 2008
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Seaman John Fernandes hangs a smoke curtain during a fire fighting drill
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Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Hamilton, a boatswain’s mate, gives boatswain’s pipe training on Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s fantail, June 4, 2008. The historical use of the boatswain's pipe was as a signaling device on a ship; because of its high pitch, it could be heard over the activities of the crew and bad weather.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Bobby Troupe, a machinery technician, operates a local aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) station valve during a firefighting drill
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Russell and Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Mangold, both damage controlmen, dress out as rescue men during a helicopter operations drill
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Fireman Anthony Martinez, an engineer, fires a parachute illumination signal during pyrotechnics training
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Petty Officer 1st Class Demosthenes Daniel, an electrician’s mate, shows Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Novotny, a machinery technician, parts of one of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s ship service diesel generators (SSDG)
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Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Hoppenrath, a machinery technician, attaches a fueling line from a diesel tanker barge to Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s port fuel oil deck riser
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Clifford Ricalde, a food service specialist, rolls dough for pizza night
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Chief Petty Officer Christopher Garcia, a damage controlman, sounds a fuel tank during Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s first fueling evolution
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Fireman Anthony Martinez cleans a kettle
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Master Chief Petty Officer William Bodley, a machinery technician, stand Between Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf's Main Diesel Engines and reads over the Basic Engineering Casualty Control Exercise script
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Brewster, a gunner’s mate, plots the status of a damage control drill
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