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USS ''McCloy'' (FF-1038) was the second and final . Commissioned as a destroyer escort, the ''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. == Early days == ''McCloy'' 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'' (D814) and the British frigate while men of those ships came on board the American escort vessel.〔 also participated in the exercise. ''McCloy'' spent the last half of 1967 and the first months of 1968 at Boston, Massachusetts, undergoing overhaul. She got underway again in March and sailed south, the next month, for refresher training at Guantanamo Bay. Returning to Newport in June, she departed again 8 July for another extended cruise. On the 11th she arrived at San Juan, Puerto Rico where she joined naval units of the United States, Brazil, and Colombia for UNITAS IX. On the 15th, they commenced a clockwise circumnavigation of South America which first involved ships and planes of eight nations in exercises in the Atlantic, then around the Horn to the Pacific for more of the same, and finally through the Panama Canal back into the Caribbean before the end of the year. She continued her operations in the Atlantic into 1969. ''McCloy'' was reclassified as a frigate (FF-1038) on 30 June 1975. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS McCloy (FF-1038)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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