USS Vandegrift (FFG-48)
The Vandegrift during rocket exercises |
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Overview | |
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Order | April 28, 1980 |
Keel laying | October 13, 1981 |
Launch | October 15, 1982 |
1. Period of service | |
Commissioning | November 24, 1984 |
Decommissioning | 19th February 2015 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
4100 tons |
length |
138.1 meters |
width |
13.5 meters |
Draft |
7.5 meters |
crew |
17 officers, 198 sailors |
drive |
1 propeller, driven by 2 gas turbines; 41,000 wave horsepower |
speed |
29+ knots |
Armament |
1 gun 76 mm, 2 torpedo launchers, disarmed: 1 rocket launcher |
The USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) is a United States Navy frigate and belongs to the Oliver Hazard Perry class . It was named after General Alexander A. Vandegrift , a Marine who was, among other things, Commandant of the Marine Corps .
history
FFG-48 was commissioned in 1980 and laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards in May 1983 . After a year the frigate was launched and was christened. The Vandegrift was put into service on November 24, 1984 .
The first use of the ship began in early 1987 and took the Vandegrift around the globe. In the Indian Ocean, she sailed with the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and was observed by Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq during a demonstration voyage. The frigate reached its homeport of Long Beach , California in June. The next mission began a year later, during which the Vandegrift took part in Operation Earnest Will .
In 1990 she took part in Operation Desert Shield , and in 1992 she also took the ship to the Persian Gulf . Also in 1994/1995 the Vandegrift drove in the Gulf and the Indic, first with the USS Constellation (CV-64) , then for anti -submarine exercises with the USS Lake Erie (CG-70) against the USS Topeka (SSN-754) .
Today the Vandegrift is stationed in San Diego , where it has been based since 1993. It was relocated from its base in Yokosuka , Japan, in 2006 . There she was replaced by the more modern destroyer USS Mustin (DDG-89) of the Arleigh Burke-class . Still leaving Japan in 2003, the Vandegrift was the first ship since the end of the Vietnam War to sail through Vietnamese waters when she went on a visit to Saigon .
In 2006 the frigate took part in exercise Valiant Shield as part of the combat group around the Kitty Hawk . In 2010, the Vandegrift relocated to the Western Pacific alone.
Others
Spiegel-Online reported in 2012 that the captain had been replaced after a drinking spree.
Web links
- official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ JD Gordon: Vandegrift Makes Historic Port Visit to Vietnam. In: navy.mil. November 19, 2003, accessed January 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Drunk in Vladivostok: US Navy fires frigate captain. In: Spiegel Online . November 4, 2012, accessed January 6, 2017 .