USS Bronstein (FF-1037)

	USS Bronstein (FF-1037)
History
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
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface search radar; AN/SPS-40 air search radar; AN/SPG-35 Gun fire control radar; AN/SQS-26 bow-mounted sonar; AN/SQR-15 towed sonar array;
Armament	one Mk-16 missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC missiles; two Mk-33 3 in (76 mm) caliber guns (one mount); Mk 46 torpedoes from two Mk 32 triple tube mounts;
Aircraft carried	None / QH-50 DASH

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.

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

^ "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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[1] "Obituaries: RADM Stanley Thomas Counts, USN (Ret) '49". The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter (May). The USNA Alumni Association: 2&3. 2015.

[2] 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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v t e Bronstein-class frigates
United States Navy	Bronstein McCloy
Mexican Navy Bravo class	Nicolás Bravo (ex-McCloy) Hermenegildo Galeana (ex-Bronstein)
Preceded by: Claud Jones class Followed by: Garcia class
List of frigates of the United States Navy