USS McCloy
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USS McCloy (FF-1038) was the second and final Bronstein-class frigate. Commissioned as a destroyer escort, McCloy was redesignated as frigate on 30 June 1975. Decommissioned on 14 December 1990, and stricken from the Navy list on 4 October 1991, McCloy was transferred to Mexico on 12 November 1993, where she was recommissioned as Nicolas Bravo. Named for LCDR John C. McCloy, recipient of two Medals of Honor.
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USS McCloy (DE-1038) underway off the coast of South America in 1968. | |
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United States | |
Name | McCloy |
Namesake | John C. McCloy |
Ordered | 13 June 1960 |
Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, Louisiana, U.S. |
Laid down | 15 September 1961 |
Launched | 9 June 1962 |
Commissioned | 21 October 1963 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1990 |
Reclassified | 30 June 1975 |
Stricken | 4 October 1991 |
Identification | FF-1038 |
Motto | "Above and Beyond" |
Fate | Donated to Mexico, 12 November 1993 |
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Mexico | |
Name | Nicolás Bravo |
Namesake | Nicolás Bravo |
Acquired | 12 November 1993 |
Decommissioned | April 2017 |
Identification | F201 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bronstein-class frigate |
Displacement | approx. 2,650 tons full load |
Length | 371.4 ft (113.2 m) |
Beam | 40.4 ft (12.3 m) |
Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Propulsion | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp (26,000 kW); 1 shaft |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Complement | 16 officers, 183 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | None / QH-50 DASH |
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