Bertholf accepted

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Bertholf, the first of eight NSC cutters has been accepted by the USCG. She will sail to Baltimore to be inspected by members of the US Congress before she sets sail to Alameda, California, her homeport. During August she will be commissioned at Alameda. As the first of the ship class, she was expensive, but follow on ships should costs much less, from her $641 million to as low as $441 million with better shipbuilding practices using larger modules.

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/201676/

Here is a You Tube video link of a S-76C helicopter landing on Bertholf's flight deck.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALNDq9g2WaY&feature=related"]YouTube - Bertholf Landing[/ame]

 

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Here is another You Tube video of Bertholf at sea.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N_Voxf8btE"]YouTube - USCG BERTHOLF NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTER[/ame]

 

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And another You Tube video of Bertholf firing her 57-mm gun.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5pXL2RBNHY"]YouTube - USCGC BERTHOLF is the First to Fire the 57-mm[/ame]