The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) was decommissioned after more than 30 years of service in a ceremony on Naval Base San Diego, Thursday Feb. 19.
Commissioned on Nov. 24, 1984, she was named after Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, the 18th commandant of the Marine Corps. Now, with some 30 years on her hull, she has been put to pasture.
She will be missed.
(Click to bigup) Vandy in better days with a SM-2 MR ripping off her long-decommissioned one armed bandit Mk13 launcher.
