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BIW Photos

The following pictures were presented to the association on our tour of the Bath Iron Works during our 50th anniversary reunion in Maine. Many of the pictures have never been published.

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As is idenrified by May Irwin L-R Mary Rowan Belknap Howard (2nd sponsor after my mother died), her daughter Rowan Howard, my mother, Emilia Belknap Cresswell, my father, Gen. L.B. Cresswell, Julia Wamsley, Jock Irons, Gene Edgar Irons, Mary Edgar Walmsley and Scott Howard. Seated in Front is Mrs. R.R. Belknap, my grandmother.

RADM R. H. SPECK, USN COMCRUDESLANT

 

 

MRS. LEONARD B. CRESSWELL SPONSOR BELKNAP (DLG-26)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First Day Issue

Some milestones in Belknap’s life.

DD251 1941

DD251 1941

 

 

Launching

 

Last Day as DLG

Last Day as DLG

 

Re-commissioning

Re-commissioning

 

Assignment to Gaeta

Assignment to Gaeta

Commissioning

Commissioning

 

First Day as CG

First Day as CG

 

First Day Recommission

First Day Recommission

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Belknap Family Memorabilia

 

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Spit Shine

Spit Shine

Authored by Tage N. Wright

 

Spit Shine

As we travel along the road of life, steering around the pot holes and trying to avoid the bumps, we sometimes find ourselves somewhere that we never intended to go. Sometimes we wander into what looks every bit like a dead end. Meet John Coffee who once upon a time headed off on the road to the American Dream only to find himself in the middle of a nightmare. He is a man at the end of his rope until he wanders into Baret Park and meets Charlie. Charlie, the old man that for forty years made that park his home. He knows a thing or two about nightmares, failure, wishing wells and dead ends. Old dogs may not be able to learn new tricks, but an old man like Charlie, well that is a different story. Meet June, John’s wife, and her best friend, the world wise Helen, they are as different as night and day and best friends forever. Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious when your glasses are fogged over with the color of your own life. Spend a few hours laughing, crying and just plain feeling good. Spend a few hours discovering the secret of “Spit Shine”.

 

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