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DE-1050 USS ALBERT DAVID

CLASS - GARCIA As Built
Displacement, 2620 Tons Standard, 3560 Tons Full Load,
Dimensions, 414' 6" x 44' 3" x 14' 6"; 24' (sonar)
Armament, 2 - 5"/38 (single) Mk 30, 1 ASROC octuple launcher
6-324mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 GE geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
Speed, 27.5 Knots, Crew, 247 (16 officers)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle. on April 29 1964.
Launched December 19 1964.
Commissioned October 19 1968.
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1050) on June 30 1975.
Decommissioned September 28 1988.
Fate To Brazil September 18 1989.
Renamed Parana.
Still in Brazilian service as of early 2000.

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Albert David 73 Undated USN / Jerry Hays
Albert David 53k Ship's Patch (DE) USN / Mike Smolinski
Albert David 48k Ship's Patch (FF) USN / Mike Smolinski

USS ALBERT DAVID DE-1050 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: None
Address: None
Phone: None
E-mail: None


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