USS Garcia (FF-1040)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Name: | USS Garcia (FF-1040) |
| Awarded: | June 22, 1961 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel (San Francisco, California) |
| Laid down: | October 16, 1962 |
| Launched: | October 31, 1963 |
| Sponsored by: | Daisy Garcia de Alvarez |
| Acquired: | December 3, 1964 |
| Commissioned: | DE-1040 December 21, 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | January 31, 1989 |
| Reclassified: | FF-1040 June 30, 1975* |
| Struck: | January 31, 1989 |
| Homeport: | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Fate: | Scrapped March 29, 1994 |
| Career (Pakistan) |  |
| Acquired: | January 31, 1989 |
| Out of service: | 1994 |
| Renamed: | Siaf (F-264) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Garcia class frigate (Formerly destroyer escort) |
| Displacement: | 2,624 tons (light) |
| Length: | 414 ft 6 in (126.3 m) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 1 in (13.4 m) |
| Draught: | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse turbine, 35,000 shp, single screw |
| Speed: | 27 knots |
| Complement: | 16 officers 231 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SQS-26 bow mounted sonar |
| Armament: | 2 x 5"/38 Mk 30(2x1) 1 8-tube ASROC Mk16 launcher (16 missiles) 6 x 12.75 in (324mm) Mk 32 (2x3) torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes 2 x MK 37 torpedo tubes (fixed, stern) (removed later) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x SH-2F Seasprite LAMPS I |
USS Garcia (FF-1040) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer escort ships, later reclassified as frigates, in the United States Navy. She was named for Private Fernando Luis Garcia.
Laid down on October 16, 1962 by Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco, California, Garcia was launched on October 31, 1963 and commissioned on December 21, 1964. Originally designated DE-1040, she was redesignated FF-1040 in 1975 as part of the Navy's 1975 ship reclassification.
She served in the Pacific Fleet and was homeported in Newport, Rhode Island.
Following decommissioning on January 31, 1989, she was transferred to Pakistan on the same day. Renamed Saif, she was returned to the United States on January 13, 1994 and sold for scrap on March 29, 1994.
[edit] Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Navy Unit Commendation (with one star)
Navy "E" Ribbon
Navy Expeditionary Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
[edit] References
- K. Jack Bauer and Stephen S. Roberts, “Register of Ships of the U. S. Navy, 1775-1990,” p.243.
- Naval Institute “Proceedings,” May 1995, pp.219, 220.
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
[edit] External links
- USS Garcia on NavSource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive
- Photo of Garcia
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