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HISTORY OF BELLE B iiilt by the Moore Drydock (lonipany of Oaklaiul California, the U. S. S. Belle Grove was launched 17 February 1943. Following the Navy ' s policy of naming Landing Ship Docks for homes of past presidents and places of historical interest. Belle named in honor of the Grove was birthplace of James Madison, fourth President of the United States. During World War 1! Belle earned six battle stars for participation in the following operations : Gilbert Islands, November 1943... Marshall Islands, occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro atolls, February 1944 . . . Marianas, capture and occupation of Saipan, Summer 1944 . . . Tinian capture and occupation . . . Leyte landings, November 1944 ... Iwo Jima assault and occupation, March 1945. She also earned the Navy Occupation Service Medal, Pacific, for service in occupied Japanese waters during the Fall of 1945 and the China Service Medal for the same period. Before sailing for Western Pacific waters in February, Belle spent four months in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard getting painted outside and inside, having some of her guns removed, her ribs strengthened and her bottom cleaned. She was burned and patched, given a whaleboat and hifi, her port engine was lighted and the bearings replaced, her cranes were tested and her welldeck planking was renewed. And then she had seatrials. The San Francisco lightship was circled and recircled. Finally after eight seatrials the engine knocks and bumps were quieted enough for her to leave the Golden Gate behind enroute to Christmas in Long Beach and a January session of underway training in San Diego. Belle is 72 feet in the beam and 458 feet long. She displaces 4, 490 tons and can do fifteen knots on a good day. THE PORTSIDE BEARING EATER
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