USS McCloy
USS McCloy (DE-1038) underway off the coast of South America in 1968.
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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 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 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | None / QH-50 DASH |
USS McCloy (FF-1038) was the second and final
Construction
McCloy's
Service history
Following outfitting and shakedown McCloy, assigned to Escort Squadron 10, reported to her home port, Newport, Rhode Island, in January 1964. In October, after further specialized training, she commenced training sonar technicians. Employed primarily as a schoolship throughout 1965, she also tested new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons systems for the Operational Test and Evaluation Force. During this period she enhanced her training and testing capabilities as well as her operational abilities by participating in joint United States-Canadian exercises in the spring and fall and in ASW exercises at the end of the year.
In 1966 cruises saw her in the Bermuda area for NATO exercises (April); off the New England and Virginia coasts for convoy escort and ASW exercises (June, July, and August); and in the Caribbean for fleet tactical exercises (November–December). From 16 January until 24 May 1967 she participated in exercise Matchmaker III. This operation, which took McCloy from the Caribbean to northern Europe, was conducted jointly by American, Dutch, British, and Canadian ships.[1][2] In what was called "Cross Pollinization," McCloy men transferred to the Dutch destroyer HNLMS Limburg and the British frigate HMS Berwick while men of those ships came on board the American escort vessel.[2] USS Zellars also participated in the exercise.[3]
McCloy spent the last half of 1967 and the first months of 1968 at
McCloy was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1038) on 30 June 1975.
1980s
McCloy deployed to the Mediterranean from January to June 1981. During this time frame, her Passive Anti-Submarine Towed Array Sonar Surveillance System (TASS) proved highly capable and successful in extensive tracking of submarines. McCloy returned to her home port in
Additionally in September 1982, McCloy was stationed at the entrance to
McCloy received a Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for unsurpassed ASW accomplishments from 8 June to 22 December 1982 during this deployment. She also received the Sixth Fleet "Hook Em" Award and was designated as the Best ASW Ship in the Atlantic Fleet during the period 1 October 1980 to 31 March 1982 by Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Following this highly successful Med deployment, McCloy again conducted Special ASW Operations in the Western Atlantic Bermuda "Box" environment.
On 31 October 1983, McCloy snagged the
In the late 1980s, McCloy was involved in drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea with a
On 27 April 1988 McCloy assisted
Transfer and Mexican service
McCloy was
Awards
- Joint Meritorious Unit Award
- Meritorious Unit Commendation with star
- Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation
- Navy "E" Ribbon(2 awards)
- Navy Expeditionary Medal
- National Defense Service Medal with star
- Humanitarian Service Medal
- Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon
- Sea Service Deployment Ribbonwith star
Sources
- ^ "McCloy Reluctantly Parts with Matchmaker Squadron". Newport Daily News. 26 May 1967. p. 2.
- ^ a b c "USS McCloy". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
- ^ "Zellars". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
- ISBN 1-57488-594-4.
- ^ Navysite.de – FF-1038.
- ^ Coast Guard makes top pot haul of year. Valley Independent, The. Monessen, Pennsylvania. Monday, 24 November 1986. Page 2.
- ^ NavSource.org – McCloy.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.