For other ships of the same name, see USS Bronstein.
| USS Bronstein (FF-1037) | |
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 USS Bronstein (FF-1037) | |
| Career (US) |  |
| 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 |
| Struck: | 4 October 1991 |
| Fate: | Donated to Mexico, 12 November 1993 |
| Career (Mexico) |  |
| Name: | ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (F202) |
| Namesake: | Hermenegildo Galeana |
| Acquired: | 12 November 1993 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 ASROC missiles two Mk-33 3-inch/50 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. Named in honor of Ben Richard Bronstein, Assistant Surgeon, who was killed in action 28 February 1942 when USS Jacob Jones (DD-130) was sunk by an enemy submarine off Cape May, New Jersey.
Bronstein was commissioned on 16 June 1963 as DE-1037. 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.[1] She was transferred to Mexico on 12 November 1993 where she serves as ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (F202).
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