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USS ALBERT DAVID was the ninth ship in the GARCIA - class of frigates. Commissioned as a destroyer escort, the ALBERT DAVID was redesignated as FF 1050 on June 30, 1975. Decommissioned on September 18, 1989, the ALBERT DAVID was leased to Brazil the same day, and was recommissioned as PARÁ. Brazil officially purchased the ALBERT DAVID on January 24, 2001, and she was stricken from the Navy list the same day.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: March 21, 1963 |
Keel laid: April 29, 1964 | |
Launched: December 19, 1964 | |
Commissioned: October 1, 1968 | |
Decommissioned: September 18, 1989 | |
Builder: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle, Wash. | |
Propulsion system: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft | |
Length: 414.4 feet (126.3 meters) | |
Beam: 44.3 feet (13.5 meters) | |
Draft: 25.9 feet (7.9 meters) | |
Displacement: approx. 3,500 tons full load | |
Speed: 27 knots | |
Armament: one Mk-16 missile launcher for ASROC missiles, two Mk-30 5-inch/38 caliber guns, | |
Aircraft: none | |
Crew: 16 officers, 231 enlisted |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS ALBERT DAVID. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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Accidents aboard USS ALBERT DAVID:
Date | Where | Events |
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January 16, 1972 | Gulf of Tonkin | The USS ALBERT DAVID collides with a North Vietnamese junk and two people from the junk are lost. |
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