Bertholf Reaches Milestone With Mast Stepping Ceremony
Mast Stepping: Prospective commanding officer for Bertholf (WMSL 750), Capt. Patrick Stadt (USCGC), sealed a box with coins into the mast of the first-of-class National Security Cutter. The coins represent accomplishments of Coast Guard founder Commodore Ellsworth Price Bertholf, the U.S. Coast Guard and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems employees. Sealing the box in its place is welder Ronald "Eggman" Jones. known as “mast stepping” during the construction of the U.S. schedule at the company’s Ship Systems sector. to Greek mythology. coins would help the sailors pay the wages for their return home. mast. ship and its namesake, Commodore Ellsworth Bertholf. U.S. Coast Guard Capt. officer of Bertholf, also took part in the ceremony.
U.S. Coast Guard's First National Security Cutter Christened
The first new U.S. christened Bertholf (WMSL 750) before 1,000 enthusiastic guests at Northrop Grumman's shipyard. Cutter (NSC) honored Coast Guard veterans several of whom attended the ceremony. U.S. Rep. U.S. Coast Guard personnel and veterans at the ceremony. The name Bertholf honors the U.S. Commandant, Ellsworth Price Bertholf (1866-1921). On Jan. Cutter Service and the U.S. agencies. implementing the successful merger of the two services. full load. maximum speed. command and control electronics. marine safety and environmental protection. services has never been higher. In partnership with the U.S. economical and enduring platform.
Cutter to be Christened
The 418-foot Bertholf is the first of eight deepwater cutters the Coast Guard has ordered from Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula Mississippi in the largest recapitalization effort in the service's history. The cutters are designed to accommodate the Coast Guard's new multifaceted missions of providing homeland security, national defense and marine and environmental protection, Glenn said. Northrop Grumman teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop the vessels in a multibillion dollar effort to replace the Coast Guard's aging fleet. Taylor said outgoing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld reduced the number of vessels in the Navy, threatening the viability of the nation's shipbuilding industry.
USCG Cutter to be Named After Bertholf
The U.S. Coast Guard recently announced that the first Deepwater National Security Cutter (NSC), being built at Northrop Grumman's Pascagoula, Miss. facility, will be named Bertholf in honor of the organization's first Commandant, Ellsworth Price Bertholf (1866-1921), according to a recent PrimeZone report. Northrop Grumman Corporation's Ship Systems sector is building the ship under contract from Integrated Coast Guard Systems LLP, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The ship currently stands at 31 percent complete. The NSC will be a 418 ft. (127 m) ship with a 4,300-ton displacement at full load. Powered by a twin-screw combined diesel-and-gas turbine-power propulsion plant, the NSC is designed to travel at 28 knots max speed.
