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Garcia 1972

Ships

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])

Technical data

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

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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.