USS Albert David (FF 1050)

- formerly DE 1050 -
- decommissioned -

USS ALBERT DAVID was the ninth ship in the GARCIA - class of frigates. Commissioned as a destroyer escort, the ALBERT DAVID was redesignated as FF 1050 on June 30, 1975. Decommissioned on September 18, 1989, the ALBERT DAVID was leased to Brazil the same day, and was recommissioned as PARÁ. Brazil officially purchased the ALBERT DAVID on January 24, 2001, and she was stricken from the Navy list the same day.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: March 21, 1963
	Keel laid: April 29, 1964
	Launched: December 19, 1964
	Commissioned: October 1, 1968
	Decommissioned: September 18, 1989
	Builder: Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, Seattle, Wash.
	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: none
	Crew: 16 officers, 231 enlisted

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Crew List:

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

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Accidents aboard USS ALBERT DAVID:

Date	Where	Events
January 16, 1972	Gulf of Tonkin	The USS ALBERT DAVID collides with a North Vietnamese junk and two people from the junk are lost.

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