Name Bronstein Laid down 16 May 1961 Commissioned 16 June 1963 Construction started 16 May 1961 Length 113 m | Namesake Ben Richard Bronstein Completed 8 June 1963 Decommissioned 13 December 1990 Launched 31 March 1962 | |
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Builders Avondale Shipyard, Westwego | ||
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. She was transferred to Mexico on 12 November 1993 where she serves as ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (F202).
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