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|Ship image=[[File:USS Bronstein (FF-1037), port beam view.jpg|300px]]
|Ship caption=USS ''Bronstein'' (FF-1037)
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|Ship country=US
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1990}}
|Ship name=''Bronstein''
|Ship namesake=Ben Richard Bronstein
|Ship builder=Avondale Shipyard, Inc., Westwego, Louisiana
|Ship laid down= 16 May 1961
|Ship launched=31 March 1962
|Ship completed=8 June 1963
|Ship commissioned=16 June 1963
|Ship decommissioned=13 December 1990
|Ship struck=4 October 1991
|Ship fate=Donated to Mexico, 12 November 1993
}}
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|Ship country=Mexico
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
|Ship name=ARM ''Hermenegildo Galeana'' (F202)
|Ship namesake=[[Hermenegildo Galeana]]
|Ship acquired= 12 November 1993
|Ship status={{ship in active service}}
}}
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|Ship class=[[Bronstein class frigate]]
|Ship displacement=approx. 2,650 tons full load 
|Ship length={{convert|371.4|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship beam={{convert|40.4|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship draught=
|Ship draft={{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} 
|Ship propulsion=2 Foster-Wheeler boilers; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine; 35,000shp; 1 shaft 
|Ship speed=26 knots 
|Ship range=
|Ship complement=16 officers, 183 enlisted
|Ship sensors=AN/SPS-10 surface search radar<br>AN/SPS-40 air search radar<br>AN/SPG-35 Gun fire control radar<br>AN/SQS-26 bow-mounted sonar<br>AN/SQR-15 towed sonar array
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=one Mk-16 missile launcher for ASROC missiles<br>two Mk-33 3-inch/50 caliber guns (one mount)<br>Mk-46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple tube mounts 
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|Ship aircraft=None / [[Gyrodyne QH-50|QH-50 DASH]]
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'''USS ''Bronstein'' (FF-1037)''' was the [[lead ship]] of [[Bronstein class frigate|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.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/bronstein-ii.htm Bronstein II].</ref> She was transferred to Mexico on 12 November 1993 where she serves as '''ARM ''Hermenegildo Galeana'' (F202)'''.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FF1037.htm Naval Vessel Register - FF1037]
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/06021037.htm NavSource.org Bronstein]


{{Bronstein class frigate}}

{{Mexican Navy ships}}

{{Wikipedia|USS Bronstein (FF-1037)}}

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