U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor will join Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff for the christening of the Coast Guard’s first national security cutter during a Veterans Day ceremony at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula.
The 418-foot Bertholf is the first of eight deepwater cutters the Coast Guard has ordered in the largest recapitalization effort in the service’s history, Northrop Grumman spokesman Bill Glenn said in a news release.