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Garcia class frigates were US Navy warships with Hull classification symbol FF 1040 (formerly DE 1040). Frigates were formerly called Ocean Escorts until 1975. These ships were commissioned between 1964 to 1968 and decommissioned between 1988 to 1990. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...
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The United States Navy uses hull classification symbols to identify the types of its ships. ...
Ocean escort was a United States Navy warship. ...
The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ...
Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ...
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A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ...
The Garcia Class was a larger version of the Bronstein class.
The Bronstein Ocean escort was a response to the development of high speed nuclear submarines in the late 1950s. They were powered by steam engines instead of diesel engines and incorporated a first class anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon system: the SQS-26 sonar, MK 16 ASROC rocket launcher, and MK 32 torpedo tubes. Gun (naval artillery) armament (MK 33 3 inch/50 caliber) was changed in the Garcia class to two MK 30 5 inch/38 caliber guns. USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ...
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Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ...
The F70 type frigates (here, La Motte-Picquet) are fitted with VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C tugged sonars Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water to navigate or to detect other watercraft. ...
An older Matchbox ASROC launcher, phased out in the 1990s ASROC (for Anti-Submarine Rocket) is an antisubmarine missile system, developed by the United States Navy, and installed on over 200 surface ships, generally cruisers and destroyers. ...
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A modern torpedo, historically called a self propelled torpedo, is a self-propelled guided projectile that (after being launched above or below the water surface) operates underwater and is designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. ...
Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...
The word caliber (American English) or calibre (British English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ...
There were two distinct breeds of DE, 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 WWII Destroyer Escorts. All DEs, DEGs, and DERs were reclassified as FFs, FFGs, or FFRs on June 30, 1975. June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, as the last day in June. ...
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
After decommissioning, the USS Bradley (FF-1041), USS Davidson (FF-1045), USS Sample (FF-1048), and USS Albert David (FF-1050), were transferred to the Brazilian Navy, as the Pernambuco (D 30), Paraíba (D 28), Paraná (D 29), and Pará (D 27), respectively.
Ships
- USS Garcia (FF-1040)
- USS Bradley (FF-1041)
- USS Edward McDonnell (FF-1043)
- USS Brumby (FF-1044)
- USS Davidson (FF-1045)
- USS Voge (FF-1047)
- USS Sample (FF-1048)
- USS Koelsch (FF-1049)
- USS Albert David (FF-1050)
- USS O'Callahan (FF-1051)
- USS Glover (FF-1098) (Garcia class modified for research use, commissioned as AGDE-1 in 1965, redesignated AGFF-1 in 1975, and redesignated FF-1098 in 1979.)
USS Bradley, the second of ten 2,620-ton Garcia class escort ships, was built at San Francisco, California, and commissioned in May 1965. ...
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See also A Destroyer Escort (DE) is a small, fast warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships. ...
Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. ...
This is a list of current frigates, updated July 2004. ...
External links - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships from Naval Historical Center - information about person whom ship was named after plus early ship history
- Garcia (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g1/garcia.htm) picture
- Voge (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/v4/voge.htm)
- Sample (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s3/sample.htm)
- Koelsch (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k5/koelsch.htm)
- Albert David (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a5/albert_david.htm) picture
- O'Callahan (http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o1/ocallahan.htm)
- Frigate (http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/s_FF.htm) from Naval Vessel Register - all these ships have been decommissioned - see link for status
- The Garcia class (http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/classgarcia.html) from Destroyers OnLine - pictures, history, crews
- Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (http://www.desausa.org/) more information and history about DEs
- USS Voge (http://www.geocities.com/bigwulfe/voge.html) former crewmember's site with pictures
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