The deployment of the USCGC Bertholf highlights a shifting U.S. strategy going forward.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf arrives in Hong Kong on April 15. By Dan Lamothe Dan Lamothe Reporter covering the Pentagon and the U.S. military Email Bio Follow April 20 at 12:33 PM As a U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed through the East China Sea last month, Chinese vessels shadowed it on the high seas, service officials said. It was a reminder to the Americans of where they were: in a strategic area a couple hundred miles from China’s shores.
“The Coast Guard brings some capacity to that equation,” Schultz said in an interview. “The Coast Guard brings some authorities below the threshold of war. We’re U.S. warships, but we look different, with a white hull and an orange stripe.” More recently, the USCGC Bertholf made a port stop in Hong Kong on April 15, the first time the Coast Guard has visited the Chinese territory in 17 years. The ship has carried out sanctions-enforcement operations in the East China Sea, preventing illegal ship-to-ship transfers of cargo meant for North Korea.
The Coast Guard also can provide deep insight into such areas as search-and-rescue operations and fisheries enforcement. The United States handed over another decommissioned Coast Guard cutter, the former USCGC Sherman, to the Sri Lankan navy last year.
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