Allied Warships

USS Bronstein (DE 189)

Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassCannon 
PennantDE 189 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down26 Aug 1943 
Launched14 Nov 1943 
Commissioned13 Dec 1943 
End service5 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 5 November 1945.
Stricken by the U.S.N. 14 May 1952.
Transferred to Uruguay 3 May 1952 being renamed Artigas.
Artigas was stricken and broken up in 1988.

 

Commands listed for USS Bronstein (DE 189)

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1Lt. Sheldon Howard Kinney, USN13 Dec 1943> Mar 44

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Noteable events involving Bronstein include:


1 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-603 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 48º55'N, 26º10'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escort USS Bronstein. (see map)

1 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-709 was sunk north of the Azores, in approximate position 49º10'N, 26º00'W, by depth charges from the US destroyer escorts USS Thomas, USS Bostwick and USS Bronstein. (see map)

17 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-801 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic near the Cape Verde Islands, in position 16º42'N, 30º28'W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Block Island and depth charges and gunfire from the US destroyer USS Corry and the US destroyer escort USS Bronstein. (see map)

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