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USS Sample (DE-1048)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign:
N - J - O - M
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "Edgarville"

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row: Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Third Row: Vietnam Service Medal w/ 3 stars - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign 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 Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle WA on 19 July 1963
Launched 28 April 1964, Commissioned 23 March 1968
Reclassified Frigate (FF-1048) on 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 23 September 1988,

Fate: Leased to Brazil 15 April 1989, renamed NAe Parana (D-29), Sold to Brazil 24 January 2001
Auctioned for scrap in November 2004 to Arusha Shipping, Ltd. of
Monrovia, Liberia. Towed to Alang, India and scrapped.

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Sample 101k date / location unknown -
Sample 101k date / location unknown Bill Gonyo
Sample 66k 1972 Tom Sparkman
Sample 307k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial bow view of the oiler USS Mispillion (AO-105), center, providing underway replenishment to the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG-16), right, and Sample. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02668 from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Sample 199k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO-105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG-16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02652 from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 169k 1 June 1980: At sea - An aerial starboard view of, from front to back: Sample, the oiler USS Mispillion (AO-105) and the guided missile cruiser USS Leahy (CG-16) underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-02659 from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 139k 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01915 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 155k 1 October 1981: San Francisco Bay CA - A starboard beam view of Sample underway during Fleet Week activities. Visible in the background are the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the San Francisco skyline. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-01916 by PH3 Curt Fargo from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 197k 14 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-84-04683 by PH2 D. Smith from DVIC) Jerry Hays
Sample 98k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08976 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 111k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial starboard bow view of the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) (right) and Sample. The ships are part of a task group underway off the coast of California. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08983 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 148k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08996 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 157k 15 April 1983: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-83-08997 by PH1 S. Smith from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 142k 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port beam view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03034 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 116k 1 July 1986: At sea - Aerial port bow view of Sample underway during a midshipman’s summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03037 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) Navsource
**Davidson/Sample** 62k 1 July 1986: At sea - A starboard view of Davidson and USS Sample (FF 1048) underway during a midshipmen's summer training cruise. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-87-03057 by PH2 Michael D.P. Flynn from the DVIC) Navsource
Sample 98k 1987: at Pearl Harbor © Russell Crosby
Sample 129k July 1987: Pearl Harbor HI - A nice port bow view taken by Bob Cieri at Pearl Harbor. Robert M. Cieri
Sample 73k 1997: location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo Artemio B. Rosa Jr
Sample 61k date / location unknown - Brazilian Navy photo Robert Hurst

View the USS Sample (DE-1048), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None
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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
USS Sample Page on Destroyers Online
USS Sample Page on Military.Com
USS Sample Page on Navysite

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