USCGC Bertholf

	USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750)
History
United States
Namesake	Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf, USCG
Ordered	January 2001
Builder	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost	$641 million
Laid down	March 29, 2005
Launched	September 29, 2006
Christened	November 11, 2006
Commissioned	August 4, 2008
Homeport	Integrated Support Command Alameda
Identification	MMSI number: 369980000; Callsign: NBCQ;
Motto	"Legends Begin Here"
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Displacement	4500 LT
Length	418 feet (127 meters)
Beam	54 feet (16 meters)
Draft	22.5 feet (6.9 meters)
Propulsion	Combined diesel and gas; 2 × 7.400 kW diesel engines; 1 × 22.000 kW gas turbine engine;
Speed	28+ knots
Range	12,000 nm
Complement	113 (14 officers + 99 enlisted) and can carry up to 167 depending on mission
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	1 x MK 110 57mm gun a variant of the Bofors 57 mm gun and Gunfire Control System; 1 × 20 mm Block 1B Phalanx Close-In Weapons System; 4 × .50 caliber machine guns; 2 × M240B 7.62 mm machine guns;
Armor	Ballistic protection for main gun
Aircraft carried	2 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH, or 4 x VUAV or 1 x MH-65C Dolphin MCH and 2 x VUAV
Aviation facilities	50-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, christened November 11, 2006, 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.

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