WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Chertoff Christens Coast Guard Cutter On Veteran's Day: "'May God bless the ship, and all who sail in it!' Meryl Cherthoff, the Bertholf's Sponsor, says as she broke the champagne bottle over the newly-christened ship.'
'It's a glorious Veteran's Day. This is the first big cutter we've commissioned in over 35 years in the Coast Guard and it's something we really need badly,' US Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allan says.
And that need was fulfilled, as hundreds gathered on this Veteran's Day to catch the christening of the newest addition to the Coast Guard's fleet.
Adm. Allen says with all that's happened in the last 15 months, the 418-foot cutter Bertholf serves as a symbol of survival both the Coast Guard and for the Mississippi Gulf Coast."
Saturday, November 11, 2006
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