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Garcia-class frigate

{{Short description|Class of US Navy frigates}}

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| Ship image = File:USS ALBERT DAVID (FF-1050) port bow view.jpg

| Ship caption = USS Albert David underway in December 1975.

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = Garcia class

| Builders = Various

| Operators = *{{naval|United States}}

  • {{naval|Brazil}}
  • {{naval|Pakistan}}

| Class before = *{{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|4}} (US)

| Class after = {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}

| Subclasses = {{sclass|Brooke|frigate|4}}

| Built range = 1962–1968

| In commission range = 1964–1990 (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

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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 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

| Ship EW =

| Ship armament = *2 × single 5"/38 caliber gun

  • 1 × 8-tube ASROC Mk16 launcher (16 missiles)
  • 2 × triple {{convert|12.75|in|mm|abbr=on}} Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes (18 torpedoes)
  • 2 × Mk 25 twin torpedo tubes for Mk 37 torpedo (fixed, stern) (removed later) (8 torpedoes)

| Ship armour =

| Ship armor =

| Ship aircraft = Gyrodyne QH-50 (planned) / SH-2 LAMPS

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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.

Description

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 {{sclass|Bronstein|frigate|4}}. 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.{{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}} 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, {{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.{{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}}

{{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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Ships

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

!Hull no.

!Crest

!Builder

!Commission–
decommission

!Fate

!Link

{{USS|Garcia|FF-1040|2}}

|FF-1040

|50px

|Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco

|1964–1989

|Sold for scrapping, 29 March 1994

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1040}}]

{{USS|Bradley|FF-1041|2}}

|FF-1041

|

|Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco

|1965–1988

|Sold to Brazil as Pernambuco (D 30), decommissioned 2004, scrapped 2013

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1041}}]

{{USS|Edward McDonnell|FF-1043|2}}

|FF-1043

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|Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana

|1965–1988

|Sold for scrapping, 21 August 2002

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1043}}]

{{USS|Brumby|FF-1044|2}}

|FF-1044

|50px

|Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana

|1965–1989

|Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1994

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1044}}]

{{USS|Davidson|FF-1045|2}}

|FF-1045

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|Avondale Shipyard, Louisiana

|1965–1988

|Sold to Brazil as Paraiba (D28), decommsissoned 2002, sank under tow 2005

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1045}}]

{{USS|Voge|FF-1047|2}}

|FF-1047

|50px

|Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan

|1966–1989

|Sold for scrapping, 19 January 2001

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1047}}]

{{USS|Sample|FF-1048|2}}

|FF-1048

|50px

|Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle

|1968–1988

|1989 to Brazil as Paraná (D 29), sold for scrapping in 2004

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1048}}]

{{USS|Koelsch|FF-1049|2}}

|FF-1049

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|Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan

|1967–1989

|Sold for scrapping, 9 September 1994

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1049}}]

{{USS|Albert David|FF-1050|2}}

|FF-1050

|50px

|Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Seattle

|1968–1989

|1989 to Brazil as Pará (D 27), scrapped 2015

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1050}}]

{{USS|O'Callahan|FF-1051|2}}

|FF-1051

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|Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Michigan

|1968–1988

|Sold for scrapping, 29 March 1994

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FF1051}}]

{{USS|Glover|FF-1098|2}}

|FF-1098

|50px

|Bath Iron Works

|1965–1990

|Sold for scrapping, 15 April 1994

|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AGFF1}}]

Gallery

File:USS Davidson (FF-1045) underway on 1 July 1986 (6421920).jpg|Davidson with vertical bridge structure

File:USS Koelsch (FF-1049) underway.jpg|Koelsch with angled lower bridge structure for automatic ASROC loading. All units Voge and later were similarly equipped

File:USS Sample (FF-1048) underway at sea on 1 July 1986 (6421927).jpg|Sample with two gun mounts

File:USS Glover (FF-1098) underway at sea on 1 June 1982 (6349647).jpg|Glover with only one gun mount

File:USS Bradley (DE-1041) firing Sea Sparrow testing BPDMS.jpg|Bradley with RIM-7 Sea Sparrow BPDMS installed. Installed and removed c.1967-1968.

File: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 also

Notes

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External links

{{Commons category|Garcia class frigates}}

  • [http://destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/garciaclass/ Garcia-class frigates] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/ Destroyer History Foundation]
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships from Naval Historical Center - information about person whom ship was named after plus early ship history
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040314041440/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g1/garcia.htm Garcia] picture
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040314003748/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/v4/voge.htm Voge]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040329014127/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s3/sample.htm Sample]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040301001923/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k5/koelsch.htm Koelsch]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040221130230/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albert_david.htm Albert David] picture
  • [https://archive.today/20121212211636/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o1/ocallahan.htm O'Callahan]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20161006105417/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/S_FF.HTM Frigate] from Naval Vessel Register - all these ships have been decommissioned - see link for status
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040803053848/http://destroyersonline.com/usndd/classgarcia.html The Garcia class] from Destroyers OnLine - pictures, history, crews
  • {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121205094431/http://www.desausa.org/ Destroyer Escort Sailors Association]}} more information and history about DEs
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20021015135449/http://www.geocities.com/bigwulfe/voge.html USS Voge] former crewmember's site with pictures (archive link, was dead)

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