USS Davidson

USS Davidson (FF-1045) was a Garcia-class frigate of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1965. Named after Rear Admiral Lyal A. Davidson, the ship primarily served in the Pacific Fleet, participating in multiple Vietnam War deployments where she provided naval gunfire support and escorted aircraft carriers. Davidson was reclassified from a destroyer escort (DE) to a frigate (FF) in 1975. After nearly two decades of service, she was decommissioned in 1988 and later transferred to the Brazilian Navy, where she served as Paraíba (D28) until 1995.