USS Bronstein (FF-1037) was the lead ship of her class in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Assistant Surgeon Ben Richard Bronstein, who was killed in action on 28 February 1942 when USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) was sunk by a German U-boat off Cape May, New Jersey.
_underway_off_the_coast_of_Southern_California_(USA)_on_24_November_1986_(6449827).jpg) USS Bronstein (FF-1037)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Bronstein |
| Namesake | Ben Richard Bronstein |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, Louisiana |
| Laid down | 16 May 1961 |
| Launched | 31 March 1962 |
| Completed | 8 June 1963 |
| Commissioned | 16 June 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1990 |
| Stricken | 4 October 1991 |
| Fate | Donated to Mexico, 12 November 1993 |
| History | |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (F202) |
| Namesake | Hermenegildo Galeana |
| Acquired | 12 November 1993 |
| Decommissioned | April 2017 |
| Status | decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bronstein class frigate |
| Displacement | approx. 2,650 tons full load |
| Length | 371.4 ft (113.2 m) |
| Beam | 40.4 ft (12.3 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft |
| Speed | 26 knots |
| Complement | 16 officers, 183 enlisted |
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| Aircraft carried | None / QH-50 DASH |
Bronstein was commissioned on 16 June 1963 as DE-1037 under the command of Stanley Thomas Counts.[1] She was decommissioned 13 December 1990 and struck from the Navy list on 4 October 1991.
Bronstein was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program as a foreign military sale on 12 November 1993.[2] She was transferred to Mexico on 12 November 1993 where she served as ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (F202).
References
edit- ^ "Obituaries: RADM Stanley Thomas Counts, USN (Ret) '49". The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter (May). The USNA Alumni Association: 2&3. 2015.
- ^ Evans, Mark L. (1 November 2016). "Bronstein II (FF-1037)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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