USS Brumby (FF-1044) was a Garcia-class

Garcia class frigate

Garcia class frigates were United States Navy warships. These frigates were originally ocean escorts bearing the hull classification DE or DEG until 1975...

 destroyer escort

Destroyer escort

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 (and later a frigate

Frigate

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) in the US Navy. She was named after Admiral

Admiral

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 Frank H. Brumby

Frank H. Brumby

Frank Hardeman Brumby was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who commanded the Battle Force of the United States Fleet from 1934 to 1935.-Early career:...

.

Brumby was built in the early 1960s, and during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 served in the Atlantic. She was launched in 1963 and co-sponsored by Adm. Brumby's granddaughters, Misses Muriel Tuckerman Fitzgerald and Cornelia Truxtun Fitzgerald.

on 31 March 1989 the Brumby was decommissioned and leased to the Pakistan Navy

Pakistan Navy

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 the same day, where she was commissioned as Harbah. However, following Pakistan's refusal to halt its nuclear weapon

Nuclear weapon

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s program, the lease was cancelled in 1994. She was returned to United States

United States

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 custody on 9 September 1994 and stricken from the Navy Register the same day.