USS 
Vandegrift Due in San Diego after Successful Rescue Mission

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS 
Vandegrift (FFG 48) is scheduled to arrive at Naval Base San Diego today, on April 9
 following the rescue of a family with a sick infant on a disabled sailboat 
approximately 1,300 miles south of San Diego.

Namely, on April 6 a team from the 129th RQW parachuted to drifting Rebel Heart sailing vessel, to render medical assistance to a seriously ill 1-year-old infant. The vessel had experienced an engine malfunction and lost all communications.

The frigate will make a previously scheduled stop at Naval Air Station North
Island to load ordnance. The family has requested to disembark at that time
 to proceed to their family physician.



Vandegrift will proceed to Naval Base San Diego once the ship has completed 
loading ordnance.

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Press Release, April 9, 2014, Image: Wikimedia