MEDIA ADVISORY: Alameda-based Coast Guard crew to return to homeport after living marine resources protection mission

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/04/2017 03:36 PM EDT

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News Release  

April 4, 2017
U.S. Coast Guard 11th District Pacific Southwest
Contact: 11th District Public Affairs
Office: (510) 437-3325
After Hours: (510) 772-8865

MEDIA ADVISORY: Alameda-based Coast Guard crew to return home after living marine resources protection mission 

The Waesche, the U.S. Coast Guard's second National Security Cutter, undergoes acceptance trials from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 2009, in waters off the Gulf Coast.

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ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf is scheduled to return to homeport in Alameda, Tuesday afternoon aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche after a 63-day deployment protecting living marine resources among fishing fleets in the Bering Sea. 

The 126-person Bertholf crew conducted 26 boardings while deployed aboard the Waesche, also homeported in Alameda, which was the first demonstration of a multi-crewed National Security Cutter.

Who: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, a 418-foot National Security Cutter homeported in Alameda. 

What: Return to homeport following a 63-day fisheries deployment to the Bering Sea

Where: Coast Guard Island, Alameda, CA 94501

When: Tuesday, April 4 at 3 p.m.

Crew members will be available for interview. Media interested are requested to contact Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Wilson at 510-772-8865.

 

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