USS ''Bronstein'' (FF-1037) was the

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of her class in the

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. She was named in honor of Assistant Surgeon Ben Richard Bronstein, who was killed in action on 28 February 1942 when was sunk by a

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off

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. ''Bronstein'' was commissioned on 16 June 1963 as DE-1037 under the command of

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. 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

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on 12 November 1993 where she served as ARM ''Hermenegildo Galeana'' (F202).

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