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USS Bronstein (DE 189)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Presidential Unit Citation
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Bronstein (DE 189) Building and Operational Data:

26 August 1943: Keel laid at the the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Port Newark, N.J.

14 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Dinah Bronstein Kurtz, the mother of Lt.(jg.) Bronstein

13 December 1943: Commissioned, Lt. Sheldon H. Kinney in command

01 March 1944: Sank German submarine U-603 in the North Atlantic, then in company with Thomas (DE 102) and Bostwick (DE 103) sank German submarine U-709

23 October 1945: Participated in the Navy Day Review at New York City, N.Y.

17 June 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 6 months of service, berthed with the St. Johns River Group

03 May 1952: Sold to Uruguay, renamed ROU Artigas (DE-2) (stricken and broken up in 1988)

14 May 1952: Struck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0602103701	6k	Ben Richard Bronstein (14 April 1915 - 28 February 1942) was born in Manchester, N.H. and graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1936, then from Tufts College Medical School at Boston in 1940. Dr. Bronstein was appointed Assistant Surgeon, Medical Corps with the rank of lieutenant (junior grade) on 04 October 1941. He reported to the Portsmouth, N.H. Navy Yard on 06 November; then moved on to Casco Bay, Me. to await transportation to Argentia, Newfoundland, to meet USS *Jacob Jones* (DD 130). He reported on board the destroyer late in December. While serving as a roving antisubmarine patrol ship off the Delaware Capes on 27 February 1942, *Jacob Jones* spotted the burning wreckage of the torpedoed tanker *R. P. Resor. The destroyer searched the area around the wreckage for survivors and then headed south on patrol. At dawn on 28 February, the undetected German submarine U-578* sank *Jacob Jones* with at least two torpedoes. Lt.(jg.) Bronstein was lost with the ship. USS *Bronstein* (DE 189) (1943-1946) was the first ship named in his honor, she was succeeded by *DE 1037* (1963-1990).	Mike Smolinski Clifton, N.J. Navsource Archive Manager DE / FF / LCS Archive
0618909	160k	14 November 1943: Newark, N.J. - Mrs. Dinah Bronstein Kurtz christens the ship, at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, New Jersey. (U.S. National Archive photo #80-G-213736 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
0618910	78k	14 November 1943: Newark, N.J. - The future USS *Bronstein* (DE 189) launching at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (U.S. National Archive photo #80-G-213735 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
0618911	157k	29 December 1943: off New York City - The newly commissioned USS *Bronstein* (DE 189) at sea. (U.S. National Archive photo #80-G-207283 from the Naval History and Heritage Command)
0618908	136k	11 August 1944: at sea - USS *Bronstein* (DE 189) underway at sea as seen from USS *Card* (CVE 11). (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-366278 from the United States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0618902	114k	late 1944 - early 1945; the Atlantic Ocean	Roy L. Simmons WWII crewmember
0618912	198k	16 July 1952; the Atlantic Ocean - Republic of Uruguay destroyer escort *Artigas* (DE 2), heading out to sea off Cape Henry, Virginia. Starboard bow view was taken by K-20 at an altitude of 500 feet. She is the ex-USS *Bronstein* (DE 189). (U.S. Navy Photo #80-G-445096 from the United States National Archives)	David Wright Destroyer Archives Manager, Navsource
0618903	99k	undated: Wilman Fuentes lives in Montevideo, Uruguay and is making a historical compilation about *Bronstein*'s service in Uruguay from 1952 until 1988.	Wilman Fuentes Montevideo, Uruguay
0618904	72k	August 1960: Boston, Mass. - ROU *Artigas* (DE-2) at the Boston Navy Yard.	Dick Leonhardt Bethlehem, Pa.
0618905	81k	undated image	Wilman Fuentes via Mark Roberts a Destroyers Online
0618906	52k	*Artigas* underway, date / location unknown	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0618907	45k	May 1966: ROU *Artigas* leaving the Mt. Hope Shipyard in the Panama Canal Zone after a major overhaul. Thought you might like this old photo for your records. I worked on her from start to finish. Note the new mast and radar on her.	Richard J. Dillon Machine Shop 38 Industrial Division Panama Canal Zone (RIP)

Bronstein History
View the USS Bronstein (DE 189) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

Bronstein's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 13 Dec. 1943 - 26 Nov. 1944	Lcdr. Sheldon Hoard Kinney, USN (Comm. CO) (USNA '41) (Pasadena, Cal.) (Ret. as Radm.)
2.) 26 Nov. 1944 - 01 Dec. 1945	Lcdr. John H. Longley, USNR
3.) 01 Dec. 1946 - 01 Jan. 1946	Lt.(jg) Paul F. Stark, USNR
4.) 01 Jan. 1946 - 01 May. 1946	Lt.(jg) George Heard, USNR
5.) 01 Jun. 1946 - 17 Jun. 1946	Lt.(jg) Walter K. Banner, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Next Reunion: To Be Announced.

Contact Name: Homer H. Lewis, Jr.
Address: 9735 Clover Heights Road
City/State: Hagerstown MD 21740-9562
Phone: (301) 790-1356
E-mail: Homer Lewis
or
Contact Name: "Smiley" Burnette
E-mail: Smiley Burnette

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