Please Report Any Broken Links Or Trouble You Might Come Across To The Webmaster
Please Take A Moment To Let Us Know So That We Can Correct Any Problems And Make Your Visit As Enjoyable And As Informative As Possible.

Navsource Online: Destroyer Escort Photo Archive

Ship's patches courtesy of Mike Smolinski

USS Garcia (DE-1040)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - I - G - D
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Invader Jack"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Unit Commendation w/ 1 star - Navy Battle E Ribbon
Second Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Class: Garcia (As Built)      FY / SCB No.: 61-63/199A
Displacement: 2620 tons (std), 3400 tons (full)    Dimensions: 414' 6"(oa), 390" (wl) x 44 x 24'
Armament: 2 x 5"/38 Mk 30, 1 ASROC Mk16 (16 missiles), 4-324mm Mk 32 (4x1 fixed) tubes / Mk 46 torpedos
Machinery: 2 FW 1200-psi boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000 shp; 1 shaft
Speed: 27 knots    Range: 4,000 nm @ 20 knots    Crew: 13 / 234
Radars: AN/SPS-10 (surface), AN/SPS-40 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-26AXR in FF-1040 - 1045, AN/SQS-26BX in FF-1046 - 1051

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco CA on 16 October 1962
Launched 3 October 1963, Commissioned 21 December 1964
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1040) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 10 November 1988, Stricken 13 January 1994

Fate: Leased to Pakistan 31 January 1989, renamed PNS Saif (F-264), returned to the US Maritime Administration
for disposal 29 March 1994 at Singapore, and sold for scrapping to Trusha Investments Pte.
Ltd. c/o Jacques Pierot, Jr. & Sons Inc., NYC, NY for $597,600

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
48k	Fernando Luis Garcia was born 14 October 1929 at Utuado, P.R., and was inducted into the Marine Corps 19 September 1951. A member of the 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, Private Garcia served valiantly in Korea, particularly on 5 September 1952 when he threw himself on an enemy grenade to save the life of a comrade. Private Garcia was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism, the first native Puerto Rican to be so honored. USS *Garcia, DE-1040, was the first ship named in his honor. (US Marine Corps photo from the USMC History Division*)	Bill Gonyo
62k	undated, aerial port bow veiw of USS *Garcia* (DE-1040)	-
100k	1969: Cuba in the background	Steve Singlar ETCS, USNR (ret.) Photos © Steve Singlar
87k	*Garcia, Edward MacDonald* and *Wasp* in Copenhagen, June or July 1970	Steve Singlar ETCS, USNR (ret.) Photos © Steve Singlar
71k	Lead ship of the class and the prototype for 62 large ocean escort vessels. Two items of interest are the ASROC reloading crane stowed on the front of her bridge face and the torpedo launching cutout in her stern.	-
33k	*Garcia* in rough seas	From the Destroyers Online Web Site
105k	*Garcia* leaving San Juan, in 1969 or '70	Steve Singlar ETCS USNR (ret.)
66k	Night fire of her 5" gun in 1969 or '70 (Photo © Bill Voss)	STG3 Bill Voss, 1967 - 1970
96k	undated image (early 80's)	Thomas J. Comerford Jr.
54k	undated image	Robert Hurst
23k	undated image	Robert Hurst
71k	21 October 1985: Mediterranean Sea - An elevated port bow view of the carrier *Saratoga* (CV-60), the fast combat support ship *Seattle* (AOE-3) and *Garcia* participating in an underway replenishment.	Fred Weiss

View the USS Garcia (DE-1040), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

Note About Contacts

Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
Questions section on Navsource's Main Page for that information.

Additional Resources

Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Garcia Page on Destroyers Online
USS Garcia Page on Military.Com
USS Garcia Page on Navysite

To The DE Photo Index Page

Back To The Main Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, or Image Submissions, Please E-mail: DE Info
Problems or Site Related Matters, Please E-mail: Webmaster

This Page Is Created And Maintained by Mike Smolinski
All Pages Copyright © 1996 - 2008 Paul R. Yarnall © 2008 Navsource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
Page Last Updated 14 March 2008