USS McCloy ( FF - 1038 ) 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 , the 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 Match Maker 11 . 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 . " 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 . 1980s . On 31 October 1983 , " McCloy " snagged K - 324 , a Soviet Victor III class nuclear - powered attack submarine with her towed array , causing damage to the submarine ' s propeller . The submarine was towed to Cienfuegos , Cuba for repairs by a Soviet salvage ship beginning on 5 November 1983 . In the late 1980s , " McCloy " was involved in drug interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea with a United States Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board . She was involved in several large drug busts including a 50 - ton marijuana seizure from the vessel " Sea Wanderer " in November 1986 . On 27 April 1988 " McCloy " assisted submarine rescue vessel and salvage ship USS ( ARS - 40 ) in conducting rescue operations following a fire on submarine . " McCloy " was decommissioned on 14 December 1990 , stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 December 1990 , and transferred to Mexico on 1 October 1993 along with her sister ship USS " Bronstein " ( FF - 1037 ) . In the Mexican Navy , " McCloy " was renamed ARM " Nicolás Bravo " ( E40 ) for Nicolás Bravo , a Mexican politician and soldier . As of June 2010 , " Nicolás Bravo " was still in service with the Mexican Navy .