Destroyer Escort of the Cannon class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 189 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 26 Aug, 1943 |
| Launched | 14 Nov, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 Dec, 1943 |
| End service | 5 Nov, 1945 |
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| 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.
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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) |
