The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1925 pounds of cocai... More
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Anthony B. Cabell, aboard
Damage Controlman 3rd Class Anthony B. Cabell, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), assists in moving stores down a ladder well during a port visit to Panama City... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More
US COAST GUARD Operation Martillo
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More
Damage Controlman 2nd Class Heber Lima gives a presentation
Damage Controlman 2nd Class Heber Lima gives a presentation in support of National Hispanic Heritage Month to Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). Vandegr... More
Operation Martillo - Defense imagery management operations center
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Jared Clay, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), stands aft lookout during high speed maneuvers as part of a general quarters dama... More
Search and rescue training drill
Seaman Theodore Csenar, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), is lowered into the sea during a search-and-rescue training drill. Vandegrift, on her last scheduled ... More
USS Vandegrift search and rescue drill
Ensign Julian G. Abellar, top, practices search and rescue (SAR) techniques by rescuing Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Danielle Turner during a SAR drill on board the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile friga... More
USS Vandegrift vertical replenishment training exercise
Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) hook a cargo cable to an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light Squadron (HSL) 49 during a ver... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) test fires its Mk. 75/76mm cannon during a live-fire weapons exercise. Vandegrift is on patrol in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsi... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1,925 pounds of coca... More
Part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000
Part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine is secured aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). Vandergrift and a U.S. Coast Guard law e... More
150219-N-AG657-060 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj.
150219-N-AG657-060 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, speaks at the decommissioning of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate US... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1925 pounds of cocai... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More
Lt. j.g. Juan Castro, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class
Lt. j.g. Juan Castro, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), maintains open communication with Vandegrift's rigid-hull inflatable boat during operations at sea with... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) test fires her close in weapon system (CIWS) during a live-fire weapons exercise. Vandegrift is on patrol in the U.S. 4th Fleet area ... More
A HC-130H Hercules, piloted by the U.S. Coast Guard,
A HC-130H Hercules, piloted by the U.S. Coast Guard, flies over the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) after air-dropping parts at sea. Vandegrift, on her last scheduled de... More
Sailors load part of an intercepted drug shipment of
Sailors load part of an intercepted drug shipment of more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). Vandergrift and a U.S. Coast Guard law... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 2,000 pounds of coca... More
150219-N-AG657-068 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj.
150219-N-AG657-068 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, displays the Medal of Honor previously awarded to the ships namesake, Gen. Alexander A. ... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 875 pounds of cocain... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), in support of Operation Martillo, intercept more than 1,925 pounds of coca... More
150219-N-AG657-072 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Serina
150219-N-AG657-072 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Serina N. Vandegrift, who commissioned the ship Nov. 24, 1984 and granddaughter of Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, receives flowers from Ens. Cordaress Chambers dur... More
150219-N-AG657-095 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- The
150219-N-AG657-095 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- The crew of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) stands assembled on the pier during the ship's decommissioning ceremony. ... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) test fires her Mk. 75/76mm cannon during a live-fire weapons exercise. Vandegrift, on her last scheduled deployment prior to a planne... More
150219-N-AG657-106 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj.
150219-N-AG657-106 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 19, 2015) -- Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, is rendered honors by sideboys after the decommissioning of the Oliver Hazard Perry-clas... More
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) test fires her close in weapon system (CIWS) during a live-fire weapons exercise. Vandegrift, on her last scheduled deployment prior ... More
Sailors, from the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile
Sailors, from the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), take a ridged-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) to recover parts after they were air-dropped at sea. Vandegrift, on her last... More
141111-N-AG657-052 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov 11, 2014) --
141111-N-AG657-052 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov 11, 2014) -- A HC-130H Hercules, piloted by the U.S. Coast Guard, overflies the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) after air-dropping ... More
The U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter USCGC Sherman
The U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) deploys her ridged hull inflatable boat in preparation for an at sea transfer of cargo with the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile friga... More
Chief Personnel Specialist Adrian Mallari, left, simulates
Chief Personnel Specialist Adrian Mallari, left, simulates a class bravo fire for the flight deck firefighting team onboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift during a flight de... More
A ridged hull inflatable boat from the U.S. Coast Guard
A ridged hull inflatable boat from the U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter USCGC Sherman's (WHEC 720) approaches the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) to receive an at ... More
Chief Information Systems Technician Christopher J.
Chief Information Systems Technician Christopher J. Mace, aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), assists in moving stores during a port visit to Panama City, Panama... More