USS Bronstein
DE-1037 / FF-1037 (Bronstein Class)


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Builder:          Avondale
Laid Down:        May 15, 1959
Launched:         March 31, 1962
Commissioned:     June 15, 1963
Decommissioned:   December 13, 1990
Fate:  		  Sold to Mexico November 12, 1993 and renamed
		  Hermenegildo Galeana (E-42). Still in service 
		  as of January 2000.

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The Bronstein Class as Constructed


Displacement:  2,723 tons
Length:        372 feet
Beam:          41 feet
Draught:       23 feet
Machinery:     One shaft geared steam turbines
Performance:   20,000 shp for 27 + knots
Bunkerage:     
Range:         4,000 at 15 knots
Fire Control:  GFCS MK 56	
Guns:          One 3"50 cal.twin enclosed gunmount
Guns:          One 3"50 cal. open gunmount
Torpedoes:     two MK 32 Torpedo Launcher (six 12.75 inch)
ASW Rockets:   MK 112 ASROC launcher
ASW:           UBFCS MK 114
ASW:           Sonar SQS-26
Compliment:    13 Officers / 178 enlisted	


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