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LST-1132 / ARL-31 Bellerophon


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - November - Yankee
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Redesignated as a Landing Craft Repair Ship prior to construction
  • Laid down, 12 December 1944, as ARL-31 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 7 March 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission, 19 March 1945, for transit to her conversion yard at Mobile AL., LT. P. P. Wynn in command
  • Decommissioned, 31 March 1945, at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile AL.
  • Recommissioned USS Bellerophon (ARL-31), 21 July 1945, , LT. Samuel H. Alexander, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned at San Diego, CA. in September 1947
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group and later in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Bremerton, Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register in October 1977
  • Final Disposition, sold, 20 June 1980, to Levin Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., for scrapping
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement 253
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Bellerophon 106k Bellerophon (ARL-31) commissioning ceremony invitation, 21 July 1945, at Navy Warehouse, City Docks, Mobile AL Rob Wade, courtesy Sid Hisel SM3/c USS Bellerophon
    Bellerophon 935k Bellerophon (ARL-31) crew commissioning photo, 21 July 1945, at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile AL Rob Wade, courtesy Sid Hisel SM3/c USS Bellerophon
    Bellerophon 64k Bellerophon (ARL-31) alongside Broadwater (APA-139) in San Francisco Bay. A strike by civilian workers paralyzed civilian yards in the San Francisco area during the latter part of October 1945, Bellerophon provided voyage repairs to "Magic Carpet" ships in the harbor during the strike.
    Photo available for purchase from ©Nobe Smith, Atlantic Fleet Sales, Box 6202, Norfolk, VA 23508 All Rights Reserved     		Rob Wade, courtesy Lynn Watson for her father Paul Klinkert S1/c USS Bellerophon
    Bellerophon 80k Bellerophon (ARL-31) underway, date and location unknown. Rob Wade, courtesy Sid Hisel SM3/c USS Bellerophon
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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