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  • Coast Guard Launches First National Security Cutter (418', $640m. Bertholf )

    07/04/2008 1:31:17 PM PDT · by Stoat · 27 replies · 2,000+ views
    Fox News / Various ^ | July 4, 2008
    The Coast Guard just rolled out the most sophisticated ship it’s ever commissioned, packed with new technology to help in the hunt for drug smugglers and terrorists.The cutter Bertholf — 418 feet from stem to stern — is set to patrol the Pacific from California to Ecuador — a patch of ocean as large as the United States.“The bubble that’s around this ship that we can see and hear and respond to is much larger than any cutter we've ever built,” said Adm. Thad Allen, commandant of the Coast Guard, referring to the range of the guns, fast boats,...