Shipmate Sam Bowers EN1 67-68 has opened a restaurant in Winfield Indiana. The restaurant features a huge mural of the Belknap on one of the walls. The food has been sampled by shipmate Mike Abbott and found to be excellent.
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FAVORITE LINKS
If any of you are interested in building your own BELKNAP kit, there are three sites which offer an option:
· www.badshipmodels.com – A 68” version 1/98 scale model
These links are well worth looking at, especially for those with idle fingers and grandkids who want to see the beauty of our BELKNAP!
MORE LINKS:
Where is the last USS Arizona Big Gun. The state of Arizona has it. See the Memorial Video
The USS FREEDOM LCS-1 Deployed 2 years early! (added 2-26-2010)
USS Rowan DD782 – The last night battle action-Haiphong 1971
NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER Online Library of Selected Images: Pearl Harbor See one of our nation’s defining moments. Pause and reflect on the events of that fateful day in 1941 which awakened the ‘sleeping tiger’.
Remembering Pearl Harbor, an excellent resource, detailing events with photos.
“Before you go” A Tribute to World War 2 Veterans
USS Slater DE766 (The Last DE afloat in the U.S.A.) A floating Museum ship with a wealth of information on-line for new and old Sailors. Please visit the site!
US Navy Cruiser Sailors Association
Belknap Crew List at navysite.de
Belknap History at navysite.de
The Goat Locker CPO Website
Together We Served Navy Veteran Locator Site