USS McCloy

USS McCloy (DE-1038) underway off the coast of South America in 1968.
History
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	AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPG-35 Gun fire control radar AN/SQS-26 bow-mounted sonar AN/SQR-15 towed sonar array
Armament	one Mk-16 missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC missiles two Mk-33 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. guns (one mount) Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk 32 triple tube mounts
Aircraft carried	None / QH-50 DASH

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.