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 Suren Chandrasena, a boatswain’s mate, and Seaman Jonathan Mero check and write down their assigned billets on Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s Watch Quarter Station Bill
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Suren Chandrasena and Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwayne Matthews, both boatswain’s mates, prepare personnel floatation devices
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Chief Petty Officer Wayne Scheibe, an electrician’s mate, reviews the contents of the repair electrician’s bag with Petty Officer 3rd Class Chad Cortes, an electrician’s mate
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Seaman Anthony Martinez, performing the duties of a mess cook, breaks apart crab legs
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Chief Petty Officer Lincoln Nearing, an electrician’s mate, monitors Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s electrical plant during transit through the Mississippi Sound
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Ensign Thomas Gibson, a break-in deck watch officer, communicates with the secondary navigation plotters
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Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Dunham, a boatswain’s mate, plots a course
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephen Russell, a damage controlman, is a triggerman and frees Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s anchor chain from the safety pelican’s hooks during anchor detail
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn Milton, a damage controlman, is a the brakeman and controls the brake of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s starboard anchor during anchor detail
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Chief Petty Officer Nathaniel Peterson, a damage controlman of Afloat Training Group Pacific, demonstrates to Ensign Miguel Augustin, a repair locker leader, more efficient damage control tactics and methods
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Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Duran, a boatswain’s mate, plots navigation waypoints on a chart
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Lucas Mangold of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf searches for damage during a firefighting drill
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Novotny, a machinery technician, checks refridgeration gauges during a practice security round
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Seaman Kevin Cleary cleans an oven
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A junior officer/chief petty officer stateroom
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Fidencio Miramontes, an electrician’s mate, passes a box of dry food stores to Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Gutierrez Jr. , a boatswain’s mate
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Kimberly Iannacone, a gunner’s mate, loads a test round into the breach of the 57mm gun from inside the housing
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Shawn C. Milton, a damage controlman, of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf utilizes Watchstation Qualification System (WQS) to complete his practical Damage Control Qualification Testing
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Petty Officer 1st Class James W. Eells, a yeoman, of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf utilizes the Watchstation Qualification System (WQS) to complete his walkthrough for the new Short Range Prosecutor (SRP)
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Tomas C. Torres, a boatswain’s mate, walks Petty Officer 3rd Class Jake J. Hooks, a boatswain’s mate, through the systems of the Short Range Prosecutor (SRP)
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