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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

ESCORTS

GARCIA destroyer escorts (1964 - 1968)

Voge 1967

Garcia 1968

Garcia 1979

Bradley 1988

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
DE1040, 6.1975- FF1040 Garcia 5496 Bethlehem, San Francisco 16.10.1962 31.10.1963 21.12.1964 to Pakistan 1.1989 (سیف [Saif])
DE1041, 6.1975- FF1041 Bradley 5497 Bethlehem, San Francisco 17.1.1963 26.3.1964 15.5.1965 to Brazil 4.1989 (Pernambuco)
DE1043, 6.1975- FF1043 Edward McDonnell 1011 Avondale, Westwego 1.4.1963 15.2.1964 15.2.1965 stricken 12.1992
DE1044, 6.1975- FF1044 Brumby 1012 Avondale, Westwego 1.8.1963 6.6.1964 5.8.1965 to Pakistan 3.1989 (حارباح [Harbah])
DE1045, 6.1975- FF1045 Davidson 1013 Avondale, Westwego 30.9.1963 2.10.1964 7.12.1965 to Brazil 4.1989 (Paraíba)
DE1047, 6.1975- FF1047 Voge 437 Defoe, Bay City 21.11.1963 4.2.1965 25.11.1966 stricken 12.1992
DE1048, 6.1975- FF1048 Sample 120 Puget Sound Bridge (Lockheed), Seattle 19.7.1963 28.4.1964 23.3.1968 to Brazil 4.1989 (Paraná)
DE1049, 6.1975- FF1049 Koelsch 438 Defoe, Bay City 19.2.1965 8.6.1965 10.6.1967 to Pakistan 5.1989 (سیققات [Siqqat])
DE1050, 6.1975- FF1050 Albert David 121 Lockheed, Seattle 29.4.1964 19.12.1964 19.10.1968 to Brazil 9.1989 (Pará)
DE1051, 6.1975- FF1051 O'Callahan 439 Defoe, Bay City 19.2.1964 20.10.1965 13.7.1968 to Pakistan 2.1989 (اسلت [Aslat])

 

Displacement standard, t

2441

Displacement full, t

3371

Length, m

118.9 wl 126.2 oa

Breadth, m

13.4

Draught, m

7.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

DE1040, 1041, 1043 - 1045: 1 set Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers

DE1047 - 1051: 1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler pressure-fired boilers

Power, h. p.

35000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(20)

Armament

DE1040, 1041, 1043 - 1045: 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 - 533 Mk 25 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck

DE1047 - 1051: 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (18), 1 QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter, hangar and helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

DE1040, 1041, 1043 - 1045: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26BX sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites

DE1047 - 1051: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 35 radars, SQS-26AXR sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites

Complement

209

   

Project history: By 1959 there was interest in a 30kt successor to the Bronsteins; at the same time a new lightweight steam technology, the pressure-fired boiler, was maturing. At first BuShips proposed a conventionally powered 27kt destroyer escort for the FY61 programme, together with an experimental (and faster) pressure-fired ship. This gradually shifted to a requirement that at least one FY6I ship be pressure-fired (27kts), and ultimately to a choice to build an entire series of pressure-fired escorts, even before any one of the new power plants had gone to sea. Other demands at this time were for a replacement for existing Second World War destroyers: given its relatively high speed and good sonar, the pressure-fired escort was a natural candidate; it was therefore given 127mm guns in place of the 76mm/50 of earlier escorts. There were also calls from the Fleet for a missile battery, and the new ship was designed to accept a minimum Tartar battery in place of its after 127mm gun. The result was actually capable of about 30kts on trials, and certainly exceeded mass production limits.

    Ten ASW versions (Garcia class) and six missile versions (Brooke class) were built, as well as a modified research unit, Glover (AGDE1), with a pumpjet propeller, a raised platform above the main deck aft, and no after 127mm gun or missile launcher. Production of the missile ships ended with the FY63 programme in view of their high cost and limited capability.

    From DE1047 onwards, these ships were fitted with the sloping bulkhead and ASROC reload magazine developed for the Knox class. Only DE1041 actually operated with DASH.

Modernizations: 1967, Bradley: + 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow Mk 25 SAM (8 RIM-7), Mk 91 radar

1968, Bradley: - 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow Mk 25 SAM (8 RIM-7), Mk 91 radar

late 1960s, Garcia, Bradley, Edward McDonnell, Brumby, Davidson: - 2 - 533 TT

1972-1975, Garcia, Edward McDonnell: - QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter; + SQR-15 TACTASS sonar

1972-1975, Bradley, Brumby, Davidson, Voge, Sample, Koelsh, Albet David, O'Callahan: - QH-50 DASH drone ASW helicopter; + 1 SH-2D Sea Sprite ASW helicopter (LAMPS), hangar and helicopter deck were enlarged

late 1970s, Voge, Koelsh: + NTDS CCS

Naval service: No significant events.

Garcia 1972

O'Callahan 1980

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