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LST-1127 / ARB-12 Helios


USS Helios (ARL-12) was transferred to Brazil and renamed Belmonte
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 14 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1127, 26 February 1945
  • Decommissioned, 16 March 1945, at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD., for conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship
  • Recommissioned, USS Helios (ARB-12), 23 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Transferred (leased) to Brazil, 19 January 1962, renamed Belmonte
  • Sold outright to Brazil via the Security Assistance Program, 1 December 1977
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 10 December 1977
  • Decommissioned by the Brazilian Navy, 7 June 1997
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 19 March 2002
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,781 t(lt) 3,700 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 260
    Armament
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Helios 23k Helios (ARB-12) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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