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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) (1964-1988) was the first ship named in his honor. (U.S. Marine Corps photo from the U.S. Marine Corps History Division) |
Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource | |
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185k | 31 October 1963: San Francisco, Cal. - Garcia (DE 1040) slides down the building way into the water of San Francisco Bay. (Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum) |
Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum | |
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37k | 22 October 1964: USS Garcia (DE 1040) underway on sea trials. (Photo and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships) |
Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | |
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62k | undated, aerial port bow view of USS Garcia (DE 1040) | ||
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100k | 1969: Cuba in the background | Steve Singlar ETCS, USNR (ret.) Photos © Steve Singlar | |
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87k | Garcia, Edward MacDonald and Wasp in Copenhagen, June or July 1970 | ||
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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. | - | |
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33k | Garcia in rough seas | From the Destroyers Online Web Site | |
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105k | Garcia leaving San Juan, in 1969 or '70 | Steve Singlar ETCS, USNR (ret.) | |
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66k | Night fire of her 5" gun in 1969 or '70 (Photo © Bill Voss) |
Bill Voss STG3, 1967 - 1970 | |
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76k | An undated postcard view of Garcia as a DE. (Postcard © Arnold Art Store, Newport, R.I.;
shown at 125% of original size) Caption reads: A unit of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet home ported at Newport, R.I. on Narragansett Bay. Official U.S. Navy photograph. |
Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource DE/FF/LCS Archive Manager | |
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92k | An undated postcard view of Garcia as an FF. (Postcard #P6587 ©
Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, Va.; shown at 125% of original size) Caption reads: U.S.S. Garcia (FF-1040) - The first of the "Garcia" class frigates of the United States Navy. Built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., and commissioned on 21 December 1964. | ||
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52k | An undated postcard view of Garcia as an FF. (Postcard #P20882 ©
Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, Va.; shown at 150% of original size) Caption reads: U.S.S. Garcia (FF-1040) - The first of the "Garcia" class frigates of the United States Navy. Built by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, Calif., and commissioned on 21 December 1964. | ||
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265k | undated: USS Garcia (DE 1040) entering an unknown port. | ||
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265k | 31 July 1972: The Atlantic Ocean - The ocean escort USS Garcia (DE 1040) underway at sea off Newport, Rhode Island. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #K-95195 from the Naval History and Heritage Command) |
Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | |
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642k | 18 August 1972: The Atlantic Ocean - The ocean escort USS Garcia (DE 1040) underway at sea off Newport, Rhode Island. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #NH 107500 by PHC Frederick W. Gotauco from the Naval History and Heritage Command) | ||
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96k | undated image (early 80's) | Thomas J. Comerford Jr. | |
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299k | Undated: Philadelphia, Pa. - Photo of USS Garcia (FF 1040) in dry dock #4 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Garcia was reclassified as FF 1040
from DE 1040 on 30 June 1975. (location was originally listed as "unknown", identified on 14 July 2022 by Jeff DiMarco, who worked there for 35 years.) (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo #UA 570.32 from the Jeff Steelman Collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command) | Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash. | |
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54k | undated image | Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom | |
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23k | undated image | ||
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623k | 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. (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-86-03493 by PH1 P.D. Goodrich from the DVIC) |
Fred Weiss | |
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490k | 04 April 1987: the Atlantic Ocean - An aerial view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), underway. Ike's escorts are, clockwise from upper left, the destroyer USS
Compte de Grasse (DD 974), the frigate Garcia, and the destroyers USS John Hancock
(DD 981) and USS Nicholson (DD 982). (U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-87-05128 from the DVIC) |
Robert M. Cieri | |
| Garcia Memorabilia | ||||||
| Ship's Plaque  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Ship's Lighter  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Christmas Card  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Towed Array Patch  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Med '85 Patch  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Ship's Plaque  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
Ship's Lighter  Courtesy of Mike Smolinski |
| Garcia History |
| View the USS Garcia (DE 1040) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site. |
| Garcia's Commanding Officers Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves |
| Dates of Command | Commanding Officers |
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| 1.) 21 Dec. 1964 -10 Jun. 1966 | Cmdr. Donald Asa Smith (USNA '49) (Roswell, N.M.) |
| 2.) 10 Jun. 1966 - 28 Sep. 1968 | Cmdr. Felix Salvatore Vecchione (OCS '50) (Neptune, N.J.) |
| 3.) 28 Sep. 1968 - 29 Aug. 1970 | Cmdr. Christopher J. Limerick Jr. (OCS '53) (New Bedford, Mass.) |
| 4.) 29 Aug. 1970 - 03 Apr. 1972 | Cmdr. John McClellan Langford (USNA '52) (Austin, Tex.) |
| 5.) 03 Apr. 1972 - 25 Aug. 1973 | Cmdr. Robert Theodore Reiman (OCS '59) (Cambridge, Mass.) (ret. as Radm.) |
| 6.) 25 Aug. 1973 - 23 Aug. 1975 | Cmdr. John Edward Sherman (Wilkes Barre, Pa.) |
| 7.) 23 Aug. 1975 - 07 Oct. 1977 | Cmdr. Craig Neil Andersen |
| 8.) 07 Oct. 1977 - 22 Oct. 1979 | Cmdr. Vincent Paul McDonough (Boston, Mass.) |
| 9.) 22 Oct. 1979 - 31 Jul. 1981 | Cmdr. Francis William Harness (OCS '63) (Sharon, Wis.) (ret. as Radm.) |
| 10.) 31 Jul. 1981 - 15 Apr. 1982 | Cmdr. Richard Frank Monash (Passaic, N. J.) (Go Indians!) |
| 11.) 15 Apr. 1982 - 05 Aug. 1983 | Cmdr. Thomas Smith Weaver (OCS '64) (Columbus, Oh.) |
| 12.) 05 Aug. 1983 - 23 Aug. 1985 | Cmdr. Frederick Gillinder Prickett Jr. (USNA '65) (Severna Park, Md.) |
| 13.) 23 Aug. 1985 - 29 Jul. 1988 | Cmdr. David E. H. Secrest III (USNA '65) (Maitland, Fla.) |
| 14.) 29 Jul. 1988 - 10 Nov. 1988 | Cmdr. William Jeffrey Steelman (USNA '71) (Navy Jr.) |
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