By Calvin Biesecker The Coast Guard's first National Security Cutter (NSC) is demonstrating greater capabilities than the ships it is replacing in its first operations in the Bering Sea, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp told a Senate committee yesterday. The Coast Guard cutter Bertholf has been operating in the Bering Sea for a month sailing in 20-foot seas and contending with winds above 60 knots and has been able to launch and recover its helicopter, Papp told the Senate…
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