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Belet (APD 109) was laid down as DE 599 on 29 March 1943 at [[Hingham]], Mass., by the [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.]]; launched on 3 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor J. Belet, the widow of Master Technical Sergeant Belet; reclassified a high speed transport and redesignated APD 109 on 17 July; and commissioned on 15 June 1945, Lt. Comdr. Albert P. Merrill in command.

'''Belet''' (APD 109) was laid down as DE 599 on 29 March 1943 at [[Hingham]], Mass., by the [[Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.]]; launched on 3 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor J. Belet, the widow of Master Technical Sergeant Belet; reclassified a high speed transport and redesignated APD 109 on 17 July; and commissioned on 15 June 1945, Lt. Comdr. Albert P. Merrill in command.

On her homeward voyage, she carried returning servicemen into [[San Diego]] in January 1946 and was then ordered back to the east coast. Following repairs at the Boston Navy Yard, Belet steamed to Green Cove Springs, Fla., for inactivation. She was decommissioned on 22 May 1946 and mothballed with the Green Cove Springs group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. After almost three decades in reserve, she was declared excess to the needs of the Navy, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 12 December 1963. Sold to Mexico, she became H 3 and was later renamed California (B 3). She ran aground on Bahia Peninsula on 16 January 1972, broadside to the beach, and was judged unsalvageable. Abandoned, the hulk broke up on the rocks.<ref>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm]</ref>

On her homeward voyage, she carried returning servicemen into [[San Diego]] in January 1946 and was then ordered back to the east coast. Following repairs at the Boston Navy Yard, Belet steamed to Green Cove Springs, Fla., for inactivation. She was decommissioned on 22 May 1946 and mothballed with the Green Cove Springs group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. After almost three decades in reserve, she was declared excess to the needs of the Navy, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 12 December 1963. Sold to Mexico, she became H 3 and was later renamed California (B 3). She ran aground on Bahia Peninsula on 16 January 1972, broadside to the beach, and was judged unsalvageable. Abandoned, the hulk broke up on the rocks.<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b4-list.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]</ref>

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