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 U.S. Marine Private First Class Fernando Luis Garcia, the first Puerto Rican Medal of Honor Recipient.
Laid down on 16 October 1962 by Bethlehem Steel of San Francisco, California, Garcia was launched on 31 October 1963 and commissioned on 21 December 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 Atlantic Fleet and was homeported in Newport, Rhode Island, and Charleston, South Carolina.
USSGarcia (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...
DE-770, DE-771 DE-574 USS Burrows (DE-105), USS Rinehart (DE-196), USS Gustafson (DE-182), USS O'Neill (DE-188), USS Eisner (DE-192), USS Stern (DE-187) DE-746...
Pakistan Navy have been named Saif: PNS Saif (F264), a Garcia-class frigate launched as USSGarcia in 1963. She was leased by Pakistan between 1989 and...
was rescued by the USS Russell. Four B-2 Shelter System Extra Large Deployable Aircraft Hangar Systems were erected at Diego Garcia to support the bombers'...
USS Braine (DD-630), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), who served...
in 1993. The Garcia class comprised 10 ships, commissioned from 1964 to 1968. The last active duty ship in the US of this class, the USS Voge (FF-1047)...
Museum ships USS Ainsworth (DE-1090) - İnciraltı Sea Museum, İzmir, Turkey USS Slater (DE-766) - Destroyer Escort Historical Museum, Albany, NY USS Stewart...
The USS Stark incident occurred during the Iran–Iraq War on 17 May 1987 in the Persian Gulf, when an Iraqi jet aircraft fired two Exocet missiles at the...
USS Bradley (FF-1041) was the second of ten 2,620-ton Garcia-class destroyer escorts, later reclassified as frigates, in the United States Navy. She was...
The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum located in downtown San Diego, California at Navy Pier. The museum consists of the...
USS Kraken (SS-370), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the kraken, a legendary sea monster believed to haunt the...
USS Glover (FF-1098) was a Garcia-class frigate originally modified for research use and commissioned as (AGDE-1) on 3 November 1965. Glover was laid...
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