2 USN vessels moored outboard of USS Puget Sound (AD38), USS Willam V Pratt (DDG44) & USS McCloy (FF1038) USS Puget Sound (AD-38) was a Samuel Gompers-classdestroyer tender, the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name Puget Sound.
USS Puget Sound
Awarded: 29 December 1964
Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington;
Laid down: 15 February 1965
Launched: 16 September 1966
Commissioned: 27 April 1968
Decommissioned: 27 January 1996
Motto: Standard For Excellence
USS McCloy (FF-1038) was the second and final Bronstein-classfrigate. 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.
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
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