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USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26), named for Rear Admirals George E. Belknap (1832–1903) and his son Reginald Rowan Belknap (1871–1959), was the lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy.
Bordelon assisted in fighting the fire on the cruiser Belknap after Belknap ' s collision with the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy on the night of 22 November 1975. On 14 September 1976, while refueling alongside USS John F. Kennedy, the ships came together and collided.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Belknap, in honor of Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap. USS Belknap (DD-251) , was a destroyer launched in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945. USS Belknap (CG-26) , the lead ship of her class, was a guided missile cruiser in service from 1964 to 1995.
The Soviet delegation used the missile cruiser Slava, [2] [3] [4] while the US delegation had their sleeping quarters aboard USS Belknap. [2] [3] [4] The ships were anchored in a roadstead off the coast of Marsaxlokk. Stormy weather and choppy seas resulted in some meetings being cancelled or rescheduled, and gave rise to the moniker the ...
USS William H. Standley (DLG/CG-32) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was named for Admiral William Harrison Standley, former Chief of Naval Operations and ambassador to the Soviet Union. She was launched as DLG-32, a frigate, and reclassified Cruiser on 30 June 1975.
USS Biddle (DLG-34/CG-34) was a Belknap-class guided missile frigate/cruiser of the United States Navy. She saw action in Vietnam, where she is believed to be the last ship to down an enemy aircraft with hand-loaded guns. She was involved in the Gulf of Sidra incident in 1981. The cruiser was decommissioned on 30 November 1993 and sold for ...
The U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate (later guided-missile cruiser) USS Belknap (DLG-26) (later CG-26), was co-named for Reginald Belknap and his father, Rear Admiral George E. Belknap. Reginald Belknap ' s daughter Mary Rowan Belknap Howard visited the ship at Gaeta, Italy, in 1994 while Belknap was flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet ...
Reclassified DD-251, 14 November 1943, Belknap received the Presidential Unit Citation (US) for her service with TG 21.12 (Bogue group), 20 April-20 June 1943. Following convoy duty along the east and Gulf coasts (February–June 1944), Belknap underwent conversion into a high speed transport (reclassified APD-34 , 22 June 1944).