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==Description== Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) combatants for [[amphibious assault|amphibious expeditionary forces]], underway replenishment groups and merchant [[convoy]]s. The ''Garcia'' class was a larger version of the {{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|4}}. The ''Garcias'' were accompanied by the similar [[Brooke-class frigate|''Brooke'' class]], which replaced the aft gun with a [[Mark 13 missile launcher|Mark 22 missile launcher]]. The ''Bronstein'' ocean escort was a response to the development of high speed nuclear [[submarine]]s 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>{{Cite web |last=Linder |first=Bruce |date=April 1989 |title=The Garcias and Brookes: One Last Look |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1989/april/garcias-and-brookes-one-last-look |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=U.S. Naval Institute}}</ref> The gun armament was increased in the ''Garcia'' class to two [[5-inch/38-caliber gun|Mk.30 5 inch/38]] caliber guns. The ASW weapon system consisted of the SQS-26BX [[sonar]], Mk.112 [[ASROC]] [[rocket]] launcher, [[Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH|QH-50 DASH]] armed drones, and [[Mark 32 surface vessel torpedo tubes|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 escort]]s (some of which were converted to DERs) and the postwar DE/DEG classes, which were known as [[ocean escort]]s 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, {{USS|Bradley|FF-1041|2}}, {{USS|Davidson|FF-1045|2}}, {{USS|Sample|FF-1048|2}}, and {{USS|Albert David|FF-1050|2}} 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>{{cite web|url=https://warsearcher.com/shipsearcher/brazilian-navy-current-and-retired/brazilian-navy-frigates/|title=Brazilian Navy – Frigates|date=13 May 2020 |access-date=4 Sep 2023}}</ref> {{USS|Glover|FF-1098|2}} 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. {{-}}
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