418' Legend-class Cutters

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418’ LEGEND-CLASS CUTTERS
(NATIONAL SECURITY CUTTERS)
(maritime security cutters, Large)

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The 418’ Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter (NSC) and Maritime Security Cutter - Large, is the Coast Guard’s largest and most technologically advanced patrol cutter class. Entering into active service in 2008, the Legend-class is the largest of several cutter designs developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. These ships are the second-longest of all Coast Guard cutters, behind the USCGC HEALY (WAGB-20), and replaced the twelve 378’ Hamilton-class cutters. The Legend-class cutter is the centerpiece of the Coast Guard’s fleet, capable of executing the most challenging operations, including supporting maritime homeland security and defense missions.

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National Security Cutter Project Resident Office
Pascagoula, MS

USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL-750)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 4 August 2008

USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL-750)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 4 August 2008
Christened 11 November 2006

USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL-750)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 4 August 2008

USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL-750)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 4 August 2008
Officer/Enlisted Cutterman
(2-1/2” H x 2-1/2” W)

USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL-751)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 7 May 2010
Christened 26 July 2008

USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL-751)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 7 May 2010
Commissioning May 2010

USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL-751)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 7 May 2010

USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL-751)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 7 May 2010
Golden Shellback
13 April 2012
(Personnel who have crossed the point where the equator crosses the 180th meridian)
(Wooden 2-1/8” diameter x 3/16” thick)

USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL-751)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 7 May 2010
Combat Information Center
(2-1/2” diameter)

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012
Commissioning March 2012

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012
Commanding Officer / Command Senior Chief

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012
Christened 23 July 2010

USCGC STRATTON (WMSL-752)
Alameda, CA
Commissioned: 31 March 2012

USCGC HAMILTON (WMSL-753)
Charleston, SC
Commissioned: 6 December 2014
Presented by the Commanding Officer
(Inscription on the coin’s edge reads “VIGILANT SENTINEL OF THE LAW”)
(2” diameter x 1/4” thick)

USCGC HAMILTON (WMSL-753)
Charleston, SC
Commissioned: 6 December 2014
Presented by Captain Douglas M. Fears
Commanding Officer
(First Commanding Officer)