USS McCloy (FF-1038)
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USS McCloy underway off the coast of South America in 1968.
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| Name: | McCloy |
| Namesake: | John C. McCloy |
| Ordered: | 13 June 1960 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 15 September 1961 |
| Launched: | 9 June 1962 |
| Commissioned: | 21 October 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 December 1990 |
| Reclassified: | 30 June 1975 |
| Struck: | 4 October 1991 |
| Identification: | FF-1038 |
| Motto: | Above and Beyond |
| Fate: | Donated to Mexico, 12 November 1993 |
 Mexico
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| Name: | ARM Nicolás Bravo |
| Namesake: | Nicolás Bravo |
| Acquired: | 12 November 1993 |
| Identification: | F201 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Lt. Comdr. John C. McCloy, recipient of two Medals of Honor.
McCloy's keel was laid down by the Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, Louisiana, 15 September 1961; launched 9 June 1962; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur Winstead; and commissioned 21 October 1963 at Charleston, South Carolina, Comdr. Thomas Sherman in command.
Following outfitting and shakedown McCloy, assigned to Escort Squadron 10, reported to her home port, Newport, Rhode Island, in January 1964. In October, after further specialized training, she commenced training sonar technicians. Employed primarily as a schoolship throughout 1965, she also tested new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons systems for the Operational Test and Evaluation Force. During this period she enhanced her training and testing capabilities as well as her operational abilities by participating in joint United States-Canadian exercises in the spring and fall and in ASW exercises at the end of the year.
In 1966 cruises saw her in the Bermuda area for NATO exercises (April); off the New England and Virginia coasts for convoy escort and ASW exercises (June, July, and August); and in the Caribbean for fleet tactical exercises (November–December). From 16 January until 24 May 1967 she participated in exercise Matchmaker III. This operation, which took McCloy from the Caribbean to northern Europe, was conducted jointly by American, Dutch, British, and Canadian ships. In what was called "Cross Pollinization," McCloy men transferred to the Dutch destroyer HNLMS Limburg and the British frigate HMS Berwick while men of those ships came on board the American escort vessel.USS Zellars also participated in the exercise.
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