DE Classified
USS BRONSTEIN
USS BRONSTEIN (DE-189) was a cannon class destroyer escort. She was laid down on 26 August 1943 at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., in Port Newark, New Jersey. She was launched and christened 14 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Dinah Bronstein-Kurz, mother of Dr. Bronstein. The vessel was commissioned on 13 December 1943, Lt. Sheldon Hoard Kinney (1918-2004) in command.
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Ben Richard Bronstein - a hero of WWII lost with his ship USS JACOB JONES.
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USS BRONSTEIN DE-189, on the Atlantic Ocean in 1944-45.
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July 1952 - Ex-USS BRONSTEIN in Uruguay service, ARTIGAS (DE-2). Photo courtesy of David Wright via Navsource.org
29 December 1943 off New York City, USS BRONSTEIN. Photo courtesy of Mike Smolinski via Navsource.org
May 1966 ARTIGAS leaving the Canal Zone after major overhaul.
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