High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Belet (APD-109), ex-DE-599, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946. Belet was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Belet (DE-599) on 26 January 1944 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., at Hingham, Massachusetts, and was launched on 3 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Eleanor J. Belet, the widow of the ship's namesake, Master Technical Sergeant Robert A. Belet. The ship was reclassified as a Crosley-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-109 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was commissioned on 15 June 1945 with Lieutenant Commander Albert P. Merrill in command.

Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.