McCloy 1970
Bronstein 1979
Bronstein 1990
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| DE1037, 6.1975- FF1037 | Bronstein | 985 | Avondale, Westwego | 16.5.1961 | 31.3.1962 | 16.6.1963 | stricken 10.1991, to Mexico (Hermenegildo Galeana) |
| DE1038, 6.1975- FF1038 | McCloy | 986 | Avondale, Westwego | 15.9.1951 | 9.6.1962 | 21.10.1963 | stricken 10.1991, to Mexico (Nicolás Bravo) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1882 |
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Displacement full, t |
2723 |
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Length, m |
106.7 wl 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
7.00 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 set De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
20000 |
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Max speed, kts |
26 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 480 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, 2 - 533 Mk 24 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (14), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-10F, SPS-40D, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26AXR sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites |
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Complement |
191 |
Project history: These ships, the progenitors of a long line of large US ASW escorts, were conceived as a reaction to the Claud Jones class, in effect a Dealy with the new SQS-26 sonar, ASROC and DASH, with one of the original four 76mm/50 guns traded off for greater ASW effectiveness. One of the penalties was a loss of speed, so that the new escort was slower than the ASW Task Force with which she was to operate; the desire to regain speed (compared to the Dealey or even as compared to a 30kt submarine) led to the next series of ships.
Modernizations: mid-1970s, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/50
early 1980s, McCloy: + SQR-15 sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
Bronstein 1975
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