USS Vandergrift (FFG-48) Ship's Crest Sweatshirt

Show your pride in USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) with this Ship's Crest sweatshirt. An Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate commissioned on November 5, 1983, Vandegrift was homeported in San Diego, California. The ship honors General Alexander A. Vandegrift, the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, who commanded the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal in 1942 — one of the most decisive battles of World War II in the Pacific. For his extraordinary leadership and valor at Guadalcanal, General Vandegrift was awarded the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift deployed repeatedly to the Western Pacific and Persian Gulf before being decommissioned on September 30, 2005. This sweatshirt features the ship's official crest.