Editing Garcia-class frigate (section)

{{Short description|Class of US Navy frigates}}
{{ref improve|date=January 2013}}

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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[File:USS ALBERT DAVID (FF-1050) port bow view.jpg|300px|border|A ''Garcia''-class frigate: USS ''Albert David'' (FF-1050) in December 1975.]]
| Ship caption = USS ''Albert David'' underway in December 1975.
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Garcia'' class
| Builders = Various
| Operators = *{{naval|United States}}
*{{naval|Brazil}}
*{{naval|Pakistan}}
| Class before = *{{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|4}} (US)
*[[Marcílio Dias-class destroyer (1973)|''Marcílio Dias'' class]] (Brazil)
| Class after = {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
| Subclasses = {{sclass|Brooke|frigate|4}}
| Built range = 1962&ndash;1968
| In commission range = 1964&ndash;1990 (USN)
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 
| Total ships completed = 10 + ''Glover''
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = 
| Total ships laid up = 
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 10 + ''Glover''
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship type = [[Frigate]]
| Ship displacement = 2,624 tons (light)
| Ship length = {{convert|414|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|44|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|24|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 2 [[Foster Wheeler Corporation|Foster-Wheeler]] boilers, 1 steam turbine, {{convert|35,000|shp|kW|abbr=on}}, single screw
| Ship speed = {{convert|27|kn}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4,000|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
| Ship complement = *16 officers
*231 enlisted
| Ship sensors = *[[AN/SPS-40]] air search radar
*[[AN/SPS-10]] surface search radar
*[[AN/SQS-26]] bow mounted sonar<ref name="p3">Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Sonars, Part 1" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' July 1981 p.119</ref>
*[[Mark 56 Gun Fire Control System|Mark 56]] [[fire-control system]]
| Ship EW = 
| Ship armament = *2 × single [[5"/38 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/38 cal. Mk 30 guns]]
*1 × 8-tube [[ASROC]] Mk16 launcher (16 missiles)
*2 × triple {{convert|12.75|in|mm|abbr=on}} [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|Mk 32]] torpedo tubes, [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mk 46 torpedoes]] (18 torpedoes)
*2 × Mk 25 twin torpedo tubes for [[Mark 37 torpedo|Mk 37 torpedo]] (fixed, stern) (removed later) (8 torpedoes)
| Ship armour = 
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = [[Gyrodyne QH-50]] (planned) / SH-2 LAMPS
| Ship notes = 
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'''''Garcia''-class frigates''' were [[United States Navy]] [[naval ship|warships]]. These [[frigate]]s were originally [[ocean escort]]s bearing the [[Hull classification symbol|hull classification]] DE until 1975. The ships were [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] between 1964 and 1968 and decommissioned between 1988 and 1990.