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USS BELET

(APD-109)

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APD-109 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN 1944 Keel Date: 26 JAN 1944
at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Hingham MA
MAR 1944 Launch Date: 3 MAR 1944
JUN 1945 Commissioned: 15 JUN 1945
MAY 1946 Decommissioned: 22 MAY 1946

APD-109 General Specifications

Class: Rudderow class destroyer escort

Named for: Robert A. Belet

Complement: 204 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2130 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to Mexican Navy 12 December 1963