 The USS Garcia off the shores of Newport, Rhode Island in August 1972 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Garcia |
| Awarded | 22 June 1961 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down | 16 October 1962 |
| Launched | 31 October 1963 |
| Sponsored by | Daisy Garcia de Alvarez |
| Acquired | 3 December 1964 |
| Commissioned | 21 December 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 31 January 1989 |
| Out of service | 1989 |
| Reclassified | 30 June 1975* |
| Stricken | 31 January 1989 |
| Homeport | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | Greasy-G |
| Fate | Scrapped 29 March 1994 |
| Badge |  |
 Pakistan | |
| Namesake | Saif |
| Acquired | 31 January 1989 |
| Out of service | 1994 |
| Renamed | Siaf |
| Identification | F264 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| Displacement | 2,624 tons (light) |
| Length | 414 ft 6 in (126.34 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft 1 in (13.44 m) |
| Draught | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 Westinghouse turbine, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW), single screw |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-2F Seasprite LAMPS I |
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.
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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.
