The Vandegrift is based in San Diego and will be arriving at the Port of Astoria on Wednesday, August 8th. There will be a welcome and shoreside salute by cannon from Camp Rilea.

USS Vandegrift is the 38th PERRY class guided missile frigate and the seventh ship in that class built by Todd in Seattle. In March 1998, the VANDEGRIFT shifted homeport from San Diego, Calif., to Yokosuka, Japan, becoming a forward deployed naval unit of the US Seventh Fleet. VANDEGRIFT served in this role for more than 8 years and on August 14, 2006, she left Yokosuka en-route to her new old homeport of San Diego, Calif.

For additional information about USS Vandegrift please visit the following website:
USS Vandegrift Website