The U.S. Navy "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate USS "Vandegrift" (FFG-48) returns to Naval Base San Diego from its final deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. "Vandegrift" participated in Operation Martillo, a U.S., European and Western Hemisphere partner-nation efforts targeting illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters by Central America. "Vandegrift" was scheduled to be decommissioned in January 2015.