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DE- 189 USS BRONSTEIN

CLASS - Cannon
Displacement 1,240 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 7" x 11' 8" (Max)
Armament 3 x 3"/50, 2x 40mmAA, 10x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT's 2 DC racks.
Machinery, 6,000 BHP; 4 GM Model 16-278A Diesel Engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Port Newark on August 26 1943.
Launched November 14 1943.
Commissioned December 13 1943.
Decommissioned November 5 1945.
Stricken May 14 1952.
Fate To Urugury May 3 1952.
Renamed Artigas, Stricken and broken up in 1988.

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Bronstein 115k Atlantic Late 1944 - Early 1945. USN / Roy L. Simmons WWII crewmember.
Bronstein 94k Undated. Wilman Fuentes lives in Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, and is making a historical compilation about the Bronstein's service in Uruguay from 1952 until 1988. USN / Wilman Fuentes.
Bronstein 48k Boston Navy Yard, August 1960 Dick Leonhardt
Bronstein 83k undated image Wilman Fuentes, via Mark Roberts at Destroyers Online

USS BRONSTEIN DE- 189 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: To Be Announced.
Contact Name: Roy L. Simmons
Address: 220 Homevale Road, Reisterstown, Maryland 21136-2128
Phone: 410-833-3759
E-mail: RSim189@hotmail.com

Contact Name: "SMILEY" Burnette
Address: NONE
Phone:NONE
E-mail: bkissmiley@aol.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


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