Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Arrives in San Francisco (FOR RELEASE)

(July 23, 2008) SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, which will be homeported at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., passes Alcatraz Island as it enters the San Francisco Bay, as the Coast Guard’s first National Security Cutter. The new cutters will eventually replace the aging 378-foot cutters as the Coast Guard’s long-range patrol asset. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Jonathan R. Cilley)