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U.S.S. GARCIA
(FF-1040)WORLDS FINEST FRIGATE
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USS GARCIA (FF-1040) - a Garcia class frigate
In Commission 1964 to 1989FF-1040 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a FF-1040 Shellback Initiation | Add a FF-1040 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT | 1962 | - | Keel Date: 16 OCT 1962 at Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA | ||
| OCT | 1963 | - | Launch Date: 31 OCT 1963 | ||
| DEC | 1964 | - | Commissioned: 21 DEC 1964 | ||
| JAN | 1965 | - | JAN | 1970 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| SEP | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | Mediterranean |
| FEB | 1968 | - | JUN | 1968 | Guantanamo Bay |
| JUL | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | Dry Dock |
| MAY | 1970 | - | SEP | 1970 | North Atlantic |
| JUL | 1970 | - | JUL | 1970 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| FEB | 1972 | - | APR | 1972 | Dry Dock |
| OCT | 1972 | - | NOV | 1972 | Guantanamo Bay |
| DEC | 1972 | - | AUG | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1974 | - | NOV | 1974 | Mediterranean |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Operation Deep Freeze |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| FEB | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 FEB 1976 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 JUN 1976 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1976 | - | SEP | 1976 | Blue Nose - 9/21/76 Crossed Arctic Cir. @ 008 deg 50 min E Long. |
| OCT | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| JUN | 1977 | - | DEC | 1977 | Dry Dock |
| JUN | 1977 | - | DEC | 1978 | Dry Dock |
| MAY | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1980 | - | MAR | 1981 | Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1981 | - | OCT | 1982 | Dry Dock |
| MAR | 1983 | - | MAY | 1983 | Guantanamo Bay |
| OCT | 1983 | - | MAY | 1984 | Mediterranean-Lebanon |
| AUG | 1985 | - | MAR | 1986 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1986 | - | NOV | 1988 | Dry Dock |
| JAN | 1989 | - | Decommissioned: 31 JAN 1989 | ||
FF-1040 General Specifications
Class: Garcia class frigate
Complement: 16 Officers and 231 Enlisted
Displacement: 2624 tons
Length: 414 feet 6 inches
Beam: 44 feet 1 inches
Draft: 24 feet 6 in
Final Disposition: Scrapped March 29 1994
USS GARCIA (FF-1040)
Garcia (DE-1040) one of a new and powerful class of
escort vessels, was launched 31 October 1963; by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Garcia de Alvarez, sister; and commissioned
21 December 1964, Comdr. Donald A.
Smith in command.
After
trials and training off the Pacific Coast, the new destroyer escort departed
San Diego 22 March 1965; transited the Panama Canal; and arrived her homeport Newport, R.I., 7 April. Following ship
qualification tests, she sailed for the Caribbean 7 May for shakedown. She returned Newport 16 July. For the remainder of
1965 and through 1966, Garcia operated out of Newport perfecting her ASW and sonar techniques.
[Note: The above USS GARCIA (FF-1040) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS GARCIA (FF-1040), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]