USCGC Bertholf
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.[6] 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.[10] On 25 March 2019, USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54), in concert with Bertholf transited the contested Taiwan Strait.
CommodoreEllsworth P. BertholfNorthrop Grumman Ship SystemsPascagoula, MississippiIntegrated Support Command AlamedaMMSI numberCallsignCombined diesel and gasAN/SLQ-32Bofors 57 mm gunPhalanxClose-In Weapons SystemMH-65C Dolphin MCHLegend-classUnited States Coast GuardcommandantRevenue Cutter ServiceNorthrop GrummanIngalls ShipyardcommissionedAlameda, CaliforniaP-3 Orionnaval gunfire supportUSS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54)Taiwan StraitHong KongLegend-class cutterDeepwaterHamilton-classStern launching rampBow thrusterRescue 21MK110 57mm gunMH-65 DolphinUSCG long range interceptorClipperton IslandHuntington Ingalls IndustriesFox NewsGovernment ExecutiveLegend-class cuttersWaescheStrattonHamiltonKimballMidgettCalhounFriedmanHamilton classList of cutters of the United States Coast Guard