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{{Short description|American coastal cargo ship}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=*''Bell Ringer''
*''Capt. Arlo L. Olson''
|Ship namesake= [[Arlo L. Olson]] awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] during World War II
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|Ship ordered=as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MC]] hull 2478
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|Ship in service=*30 August 1946, as USAT ''Capt. Arlo I. Olson''
*1 March 1950, as USNS ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'' (T-AK-245)
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'''USNS ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'' (T-AK-245)''' was a [[United States Maritime Administration]] C1-M-AV1 type coastal cargo ship constructed as '''''Bell Ringer''''' for the Administration, completed in August 1945 and placed in operation by the [[War Shipping Administration]] under its agent, [[Waterman Steamship Company]], until August 1946. The ship was then transferred to the Army under bareboat charter, The Army renamed the ship ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'', for Captain [[Arlo L. Olson]] who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in World War II. The ship was among the Army ships transferred to the Navy in 1950 and then operated by the [[Military Sea Transportation Service]] as USNS ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'' with hull number T-AK-245 until 1958.

==Construction and WSA operation==
''Bell Ringer'' was constructed as MC hull 2478 for the Administration by [[J.A. Jones Construction]], [[Brunswick, Georgia]], completed 11 August 1945 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for operation by its agent Waterman Steamship Company under a general agency agreement the same day.{{sfn|Maritime Administration}}

==U.S. Army service==
On 13 August 1946 to the [[U.S. War Department]] for operation by the U.S. Army as USAT ''Capt. Arlo I. Olson'' under bareboat charter.{{sfn|Maritime Administration}} On 1 March 1950 she was one of the Army ships transferred to the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service and title was transferred to Navy at that time.{{sfn|Maritime Administration}}{{sfn|Naval History And Heritage Command}}

==U.S. Navy service==
The ship was immediately placed in service as USNS ''Captain Arlo L. Olson'' (T-AK-245) serving until she was placed out of service on 25 October 1956.{{sfn|Naval History And Heritage Command}}{{sfn|NavSource Online}} She was stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 22 May 1958 and laid up in the [[National Defense Reserve Fleet]], [[Olympia, Washington]] until she was sold to American Ship Dismantlers on 4 March 1971, delivered 26 March and subsequently scrapped.{{sfn|Maritime Administration}}{{sfn|Naval History And Heritage Command}}{{sfn|NavSource Online}}

==Honors and awards==
Qualified vessel personnel were authorized the [[National Defense Service Medal]].

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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/6943 |title=''Bell Ringer'' |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/captain-arlo-l-olson.html |title=''Captain Arlo L. Olson'' |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=26 March 2024}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/130245.htm |title=USNS ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'' (T-AK-245) - ex- USAT ''Capt. Arlo L. Olson'' (1946 - 1950) |last=NavSource Online |work=Service Ship Photo Archive |publisher=NavSource |access-date=7 June 2015}}
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