USS McCloy
USS McCloy (DE-1038) underway off the coast of South America in 1968. | |
| History | |
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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 |
| Badge | |
| Mexico | |
| Name | Nicolás Bravo |
| Namesake | Nicolás Bravo |
| Acquired | 12 November 1993 |
| Decommissioned | April 2017 |
| Identification | F201 |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | None / QH-50 DASH |
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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.