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    Displacement4500 LT
    Length418 feet (127 meters)
    Beam54 feet (16 meters)
    Draft22.5 feet (6.9 meters)
    Operational history

    On March 3, 2016, Bertholf responded to a sighting off the Pacific Coast of Panama of a semi-submersible narco-submarine, reported by a P-3 Orion. The semi-submersible surrendered to a boarding party launc… See more

    Legend-class cutter

    Bertholf is the lead ship of the Legend-class cutter design and the first large ship to be built under the Coast Guard's multi-year Deepwater acquisitions project. The NSCs replaced the fleet's aging 1960s-era 378-foot … See more

    Features

    • Automated weapon systems
    • Medium-caliber deck gun (57 mm) capable of stopping rogue merchant vessels far from shore
    • Helicopter launch and recovery pad with rail-based aircraft retrieval system and two aircraft … See more

    Gallery

    • Test firing of the MK110 57mm gun aboard USCGC Bertholf.
    • Flight deck crew members aboard Bertholf tie down an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter.
    USCG long range interceptor using the stern launching ramp of the USC… See more

     
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