HELIOS ARB 12

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship Authorized as Tank Landing Ship LST-1127 Named August 14 1944 Keel Laid November 23 1944 - Launched February 14 1945 USS HELIOS LST-1127 Placed in Ferry Commission February 26 - March 16 1945 USS HELIOS ARB-12 Commissioned Battle Damage Repair Ship (ARB) July 23 1945 Decommissioned December 3 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group BELMONTE G-24 (Brazilian Naval Service) Transferred (leased) to Brazil January 19 1962 and renamed Sold outright to Brazil December 1 1977 Struck from Naval Register December 10 1977 Decommissioned by Brazilian Navy June 7 1997 Sunk as target March 19 2002

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it does not take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1    (1945-46)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15842)

1945-09-30

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Locy Type 2z + SLKb(n) (35x3) USCS Catalog Illustration H-26

1946-02-16

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - The Greek sun-god, represented as driving a four-horse chariot through the heavens

 

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