Garcia-class frigate

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USS Albert David underway in December 1975.
Class overview
Name	Garcia class
Builders	Various
Operators	United States Navy  Brazilian Navy  Pakistan Navy
Preceded by	Bronstein class (US) Marcílio Dias class (Brazil)
Succeeded by	Knox class
Subclasses	Brooke class
Built	1962–1968
In commission	1964–1990 (USN)
Completed	10 + Glover
Retired	10 + Glover
General characteristics
Type	Frigate
Displacement	2,624 tons (light)
Length	414 ft 6 in (126.34 m)
Beam	44 ft 1 in (13.44 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 1 steam turbine, 35,000 shp (26,000 kW), single screw
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	16 officers 231 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPS-10 surface search radar AN/SQS-26 bow mounted sonar[1] Mark 56 fire-control system
Armament	2 × single 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. Mk 30 guns 1 × 8-tube ASROC Mk16 launcher (16 missiles) 2 × triple 12.75 in (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes, Mk 46 torpedoes (18 torpedoes) 2 × Mk 25 twin torpedo tubes for MK 37 torpedo (fixed, stern) (removed later) (8 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	Gyrodyne QH-50 (planned) / SH-2 LAMPS

Garcia-class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE until 1975. The ships were commissioned between 1964 and 1968 and decommissioned between 1988 and 1990.