USS Bradley (FF 1041)

- formerly DE 1041 -
- decommissioned -

USS BRADLEY was the second ship in the GARCIA - class of Frigates. Commissioned as a Destroyer Escort, the BRADLEY was redesignated as FF 1041 on June 30, 1975. Decommissioned on September 9, 1988, the BRADLEY was leased to Brazil on April 15, 1989. There, the ship was recommissioned as PERNAMBUCO. On January 24, 2001, Brazil officially purchased the BRADLEY and the ship was stricken from the Navy list.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: June 22, 1961
	Keel laid: January 17, 1963
	Launched: March 26, 1964
	Commissioned: May 15, 1965
	Decommissioned: September 30, 1988
	Builder: Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, Calif.
	Propulsion system: 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft
	Length: 414.4 feet (126.3 meters)
	Beam: 44.3 feet (13.5 meters)
	Draft: 25.9 feet (7.9 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 3,500 tons full load
	Speed: 27 knots
	Armament: one Mk-16 missile launcher for ASROC missiles, two Mk-30 5-inch/38 caliber guns, Mk-46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple tube mounts
	Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS I) helicopter
	Crew: 16 officers, 231 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS BRADLEY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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Accidents aboard USS BRADLEY:

Date	Where	Events
January 4, 1980	Terminal Island, Los Angeles, Calif.	The USS PECOS (AO 65) collides with the moored USS BRADLEY, injuring one, and causing minor damage to the BRADLEY and a two-foot hole in the PECOS.

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