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Garcia-class frigate

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Garcia-class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE until 1975. The ships were commissioned between 1964 and 1968 and decommissioned between 1988 and 1990.

DescriptionEdit

Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys.

The Garcia class was a larger version of the Template:Sclass. The Garcias were accompanied by the similar Brooke class, which replaced the aft gun with a Mark 22 missile launcher.

The Bronstein ocean escort was a response to the development of high speed nuclear submarines in the late 1950s, but their speed was insufficient to keep pace with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) groups and their gun (naval artillery) power was poor for general patrol tasks. The Garcia class rectified these issues by becoming the first ships of their type in the US Navy to use pressure fired boilers, which allowed them to generate much more power than the Bronsteins without an increase in size or weight of machinery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The gun armament was increased in the Garcia class to two Mk.30 5 inch/38 caliber guns. The ASW weapon system consisted of the SQS-26BX sonar, Mk.112 ASROC rocket launcher, QH-50 DASH armed drones, and Mk.32 torpedo tubes and was further reinforced with the addition of a pair of Mk.25 torpedo tubes for firing the much longer ranged Mark 37 torpedo.

There were two distinct breeds of ships bearing the DE hull classification, the World War II destroyer escorts (some of which were converted to DERs) and the postwar DE/DEG classes, which were known as ocean escorts despite carrying the same type symbol as the World War II destroyer escorts. All DEs, DEGs, and DERs were reclassified as FFs, FFGs, or FFRs on 30 June 1975 by the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification.

After decommissioning, Template:USS, Template:USS, Template:USS, and Template:USS were transferred to the Brazilian Navy, as Pernambuco (D 30), Paraíba (D 28), Paraná (D 29), and Pará (D 27), respectively. Pará (D 27) remained in reserve till 2015, but appears to have been scrapped since.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:USS was a Garcia-class frigate modified for research use, commissioned as AGDE-1 in 1965, redesignated AGFF-1 in 1975, and redesignated FF-1098 in 1979.

ShipsEdit

Name Hull no. Crest Builder Commission–
decommission 		Fate Link
Template:USS FF-1040 File:USS Garcia (DE-1040) insignia 1964.png Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco 1964–1989 Sold for scrapping, 29 March 1994 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1041 Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco 1965–1988 Sold to Brazil as Pernambuco (D 30), decommissioned 2004, scrapped 2013 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1043 Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana 1965–1988 Sold for scrapping, 21 August 2002 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1044 File:USS Brumby (DE-1044) insignia, in 1965 (NH 64833-KN).png Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana 1965–1989 Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1994 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1045 Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana 1965–1988 Sold to Brazil as Paraiba (D28), decommsissoned 2002, sank under tow 2005 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1047 File:USS Voge (DE-1047) insignia, in 1966 (NH 65418-KN).png Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan 1966–1989 Sold for scrapping, 19 January 2001 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1048 File:USS Sample (DE-1048) insignia, in 1967 (NH 68122-KN).png Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle 1968–1988 1989 to Brazil as Paraná (D 29), sold for scrapping in 2004 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1049 Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan 1967–1989 Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1994 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1050 File:USS Albert David (DE-1050) insignia, circa in 1971 (NH 78942-KN).png Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Seattle 1968–1989 1989 to Brazil as Pará (D 27), scrapped 2015 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1051 Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan 1968–1988 Sold for scrapping, 29 March 1994 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]
Template:USS FF-1098 File:USS Glover (FF-1098) Crest.png Bath Iron Works 1965–1990 Sold for scrapping, 15 April 1994 [[[:Template:Naval Vessel Register URL]]]

GalleryEdit

  • USS Davidson (FF-1045) underway on 1 July 1986 (6421920).jpg

    Davidson with vertical bridge structure

  • USS Koelsch (FF-1049) underway.jpg

    Koelsch with angled lower bridge structure for automatic ASROC loading. All units Voge and later were similarly equipped

  • USS Sample (FF-1048) underway at sea on 1 July 1986 (6421927).jpg

    Sample with two gun mounts

  • USS Glover (FF-1098) underway at sea on 1 June 1982 (6349647).jpg

    Glover with only one gun mount

  • USS Bradley (DE-1041) firing Sea Sparrow testing BPDMS.jpg

    Bradley with RIM-7 Sea Sparrow BPDMS installed. Installed and removed c.1967-1968.

  • USS Bradley (DE-1041) stern view with torpedo tubes c1965.jpg

    Stern view of Bradley, note torpedo tubes installed in the transom, later removed.

See alsoEdit

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External linksEdit

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