USS Belet
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Belet (DE-599) |
| Namesake | Robert A. Belet |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 26 January 1944 |
| Launched | 3 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Eleanor J. Belet |
| Reclassified | APD-109, 17 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 22 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1963 |
| Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 12 December 1963 |
| History | |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM California (B-3) |
| Namesake | Gulf of California |
| Acquired | 12 December 1963 |
| Reclassified | B03, before April 1970 |
| Fate | wrecked Baja California, 16 January 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport, as completed |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
| Armament |
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USS Belet (APD-109) was a Crosley-class high-speed transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In 1963, she was transferred to Mexico, where she served as ARM California (H03/B-3). She was wrecked in 1972.