Category Archives: Memoarials

Ricketts Presentation

The USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG 5 was one of the ships that came to the aid of the Belknap after the collision with the USS J.F. Kennedy. Upon learning that the Ricketts would be celebrating their 50th anniversary reunion in the same year as Belknap the association officers  created a proclamation to present to the USS Ricketts Association at their reunion.  Jim Farrow being a crew member at the time of the collision drafted the proclamation. Others contributed and then a color rendition of the proclamation with the Belknap image was produced by Dick Tremain.  The final product was printed on canvas and the Belknap seal was afixed  to the bottom. Jim Farrow and Skip McCarroll presented the proclamation to the USS Ricketts Association at their reunion in the DC area in July of 2014.

Ricketts  Video Presentation

Ricketts Resolution9

Memorial Bike

Mark Angle News Article

Mark Angle News Article 2

Dick Tremain Thunder Roads Article

Counting Cars Bike Reveal Show

 

USS Belknap Memorial Dedication

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Memorials

 

 

Taps Memorial Page

Taps Memorial Page

 

 

Belknap's Final Resting Place

Belknap’s Final Resting Place

 

Belknap Pole Article

Belknap Pole Article

Belknap Memorial Behind Lone Sailor - Norfolk

Belknap Memorial Dedication Photographs

 

USS Belknap Memorial Placque

USS Belknap Memorial Plaque

 

US Navy Memorial Plaque

US Navy Memorial Plaque

 

Ricketts Recognition

Ricketts Recognition

 

Wreath Laying at Belknap Memorial

Wreath Laying at Belknap Memorial

 

Wreath Placed at Memorial Annually

Wreath Placed at Memorial Annually

 

Belknap Memorial Bike

Belknap Memorial Bike

 

 

 

Taps

A memorial page for all our Fallen Shipmates

LordAtSea

~TAPS~

 “Taps” ~  A bugle call of 24 notes that beckons us to remember our shipmates who served our country with honor and valor. It is the most familiar of calls and one that reaches our deepest emotions.

Taps

(latest update 03/08/2019)
Name Rate Years on Board Date Deceased Notes
John T. LAW CAPT 1964-1966 7/3/2006
Ernest C. HIPP CAPT 1966-1967 6/12/1993
Allston SEE MMCM 1963-1964 1/28/2012
RADM Ming Ehr CHANG LT/LCDR(WEPS) 1964-1966 & 1983-1985 10/13/2017 Obit link Added 10/3/2018
Mark Joseph GIRRES GMM3 1964-1966? 9/24/2003
Richard Thomas TAYLOR EM2 1964-1968 Jun2006
George F. REX MM 1964-1966? 5/8/2005
John J. LUTHER DS3 1964-1966 1/22/2009
Paul Barry KILLINGER Sr BM2 1964-1966 10/29/2018 Obit link Added 12/27/2018
Donald L. CASTLEBURRY BT2 1964 1998
Elmo FOSTER TM2 1964-1968 2/25/2010
W. A. NOWELL BT3 1964 1968
Dean S. MALONE GMM1 1964 7/31/2004
Dan J. RANZETTI Jr. BT3 1964 1996
Thomas A. POPOVIC BT2 1964 11/26/2010
B. R. SHELDON MM3 1964 2003
Ralph ROONEY STG2 1964-1965 Dec2007
Paul ROEDER STCS 1964-1967 late 1980's
Huger Singleton SUGGS Sr. QMC 1964-1968 6/7/2001
Robert F. STAHL SN 1964-1968? 3/31/1969
Billy James EDMONSON QMCS 1964-1967 7/22/2006
James R. ELY FTM3 1964-1968 12/27/2006
Leonard MULLINS RM2 1964-1968 late 2006?
John ZLAMAL YN3 1964-1967? 12/24/2002
Thomas G. ROHDE Sr. BM 1964-1966 ? 1/23/2003
James Wyman ZARO FN 1964-1967 11/16/2008
Joseph H. HESSLER MMC 1964-1969 11/12/1992
Wilfred MARCOUX FTM1 1964-1967? ~2005
John D. PERKINS DS1 1964-1966 Feb2010
Irwin A. CHOPAK MM2 1964-1966 1/7/2014 UPD 7/29/2014
Richard Paul BELCH BT3 1964-1968 3/12/2013 UPD 12/21/2013
Robert (Bobby) BRENNER RDC 1965-1968 2005
Louis Merwin PERKETT DS? 1965-1969 6/28/2016 Added 1/12/2017
Stephen A. NAPOLI 1966-1968 7/13/2013 Obit link Added 10/16/2018
Raymond Wilson BELLAMY Jr SM3 1966-1968 12/25/2018 Obit link Added 12/30/2018
Ed KOZLOWSKI CS2 1966-1969 2/4/2015 Added 2/4/2015
John G. MESSER CAPT COMDESRON18 1966 10/28/2006
Pat VICE RMCS 1966-1967 6/17/2008
Donald GUSSLER GMG3 1966-1967 5/26/2016 Added 1/12/2017
John L. TRULL MR2 1966-1969 5/12/2009
Charles LANE BM1 1966-1969?
Charlie ATTAWAY BMCM 1966-1970 1970
Charles L. REEVES BMC 1966-1970 12/9/1970
Russel R. MAIERS Jr. BT2 1966-1970 8/24/2012
John Edward BOON Sr. WO1-LT 1967?-1969? 11/30/2011
Jack M. CAMPBELL ETCM 1967-1969 1986
Kenneth F. KEENE MM3 1967-1969 May2001
Richard E. DIEHL BM3 1967-1968 1/18/2008
Conrado LIWANAG MS3 1967 – ?? Died in 2006
Sumner (Sam) M. BOWERS ENC 1967-1968 12/01/2014 Added 3/22/2015
Glen Curtis LORD DS2 1966-1969? 7/11/1994
Robert N. SITLER FTM2 1966-1968 10/14/1998
Thomas J. BUFFONI Sr LCDR 1966-1968 6/29/2015 Added 7/13/2015
Ernest B. COLEMAN Jr FN 1966?-1968? 2/14/2016 Added 2/20/2019
John J KALISZ Jr RM2 1967-1968 ?? 3/26/2015 Obit link Added 10/16/2018
Virgil Richard BODREY IC1 1967-1969 10/22/2018 Obit link Added 10/22/2018
Jessie V. COLEMAN LT 1967-1968 6/18/2015 Added 6/20/2015
Michael (Mike) TAYLOR OSCS 1967-1969? 7/22/2016 Added 1/12/2017
Walter E. (Wally) CIOKAJLO EN3 1968-1972 1/23/2019  Obit link  Added 1/29/2019
Robert W. ROETH STG2 1968-1971? 1/1/2010 Obit link Updated 10/2/2018
John David SAMPSON HM2 1968-1971 6/05/2015 NEW 9/30/2015
James BASS QM1 1968-1971 Summer 2003
Charles B. WHITTINGTON RD2 1968-1970 ? 6/18/2007
Michael AKER GMGSN 1968-1971 11/22/2013
Wallace Bertram ROSE EM3 1969-1970 4/20/2017 Added 4/25/2017
Richard LEMON (Past President Founding Father) BTCS 1969-1972 12/29/2016 Added 1/12/2017
Joseph A. GREEN LT(jg) 1969-1971 3/3/2008
Charles D. ALLEN Jr. CAPT CO 1969-1971 10/5/2002
RADM Peter C. CONRAD CDR XO 1969-1970 12/10/2017 Obit link Added 10/2/2018
William SCHAUMAN RD1 1969-1970 Died in 1993
Bob NEIL FTM1 1970-1974 Died in 12/2005
Jack KREGER CS3 1970-1974 Died 11/14/2008
George TSANTES CAPT XO 1971-1973 Nov. 1983
Robert JOSEPH ICCS 1971-1974 3/2/2019 Added 3/8/2019
Carrol RAMSEY LT(jg) 1971 Late 90's?
Gary S. WALTON OS3 1971-1974 5/05/2015 Added 5/05/2015
Ernest C. CLOW CSC 1972-1975 1977
Ronald S. SCOTT ICC 1972-1975 6/1/2016 Added 1/12/2017
Francis V. McALOON BTC 1972-1975 11/1995 Added 10/24/2014
Robert L. WALTERS VADM 1972-1974 7/17/1991
Len S. REGISTER EN3 1973-1975 7/26/2009
Curtis WILSON STGSN 1973?-1975 about 2003 12/03/2013
William "Bill" SANCHEZ PN2 1973-1975 1/24/2010
Kenneth GOLLIHER ETCS 1973-1974
Michael BARNES LT ~1970-1974 7/16/2007
Warren E. GRAMLEY Jr. STG2 1973-1975 5/13/2000
Doyle VANDEMAN STG2 1973-1975 2/16/2012
Jeff MILNES MMFN 1974-1976 12/07/2014 Added 12/08/2014
Ricahrd D. ZANDARSKI HTC 1973-1975 5/29/1996
James W. CASS MM1 1973-1975 11/22/1975
Douglas S. FREEMAN MM2 1975 11/22/1975
Michael W. KAWOLA EM2 1973-1975 11/22/1975
Gerald A. KETCHAM DS3 1973-1975 11/22/1975
Brent W. LASSEN STG3 1973-1975 11/22/1975
David A. MESSMER FA 1975 11/22/1975
Gordon T. ST. MARIE DS2 1973-1975 11/22/1975
William D. BOVA CWO4 1974-1975 3/20/2015 Added 3/22/2015
Michael F. CARTOLANO ? 1975 10/24/2007
Joseph J. BURMAN ICFA 1975 10/14/2011 Added 10/24/2014
William SEITZ FA 1975 1980 Added 4/30/2014
James BUSS ST1 1975
James (Tim) COLE 1975 2/6/2006
William DOCKENDORFF CWO3 1975
William LOCKAMY ETR3 1975
Roy E. HAMILTON OSCS 1973-1975 7/4/2006
John Thomas (Tom) COVERT HM3 1975 9/13/2006
Michael Anthony BUDD SN 1975 9/6/2009
Burl "Wes" Wesley SEIBERT PN1 1975 7/16/1999
David P. RUSSELL TM3 1975 1/23/2000
Kenneth Linwood GUPTON MSC 1975 7/29/2013
Eric Lee WASHAM CDR (XO) 1979-1982? 7/30/1998
Ray OLSEN FTM1 1979-1982? 2003
David MARTIN FTM3 1980 12/??/1980
Jeffrey SAKAGUCHI PN3 1980-1981 9/15/2006
William F. JACKSON Jr. BT3 1980-1984 10/23/2005
CAPT Edward E."Ted" ALEXANDER CO 1982-1984 12/20/2018 Obit link Added 12/28/2018
Joseph Daniel McDONALD OS 1982-1983 10/13/2007
Raymond F. BERUBE BTC 1983-1984 9/13/2006
VADM Robert T. MOELLER CDR (XO), CAPT (CO) 1980's 3/28/2011
Rick ITSON RM1 1983-1986 12/2/2012
Mark Timothy MCKINNEY OS2 1986-1989 9/4/2006
Jeffrey L. KELL ? 1987-1994? 11/11/2012 Added 11/29/2013
Gregory CERMAK 1986-1988 7/5/2011
Jim MILLER PNCM(SW)(AW) 1986-1989 11/7/2007
Michael Terrence MCKAY RMC(SW) 1987-1990 12/7/2007
Steven KIDWELL OS2 1986-1988 6/15/2013
David KING EN3 1986-1988 7/7/2015
Milton HASKINS 1998
Jimmie JONES BTC 1989-1992 3/7/2010
Jeffrey Scott BURGIN MM1 1989-1992 3/9/2008
George HUBERT HT2 1989-1991? 10/13/1993 Added 4/18/2014
Leon ACKERT CAPT 2002
Lewis CORBETT
Melvin CRAIG Jr. LT 3/29/2008
Lloyd Martin HAVEY RD2 2/19/2010
Meyer HERNDON 12/12/2012
Joseph E. MILES RMCM 4/10/2018 Obit link Added 10/2/2018
William Edward O'LEARY CDR 12/22/2015 Obit link Added 10/2/2018
Joel Edward ROBINSON HMC 4/9/2018 Obit link Added 10/2/2018
John SETNIK STGCS 12/17/2002
Curtis WILSON
William VAN HULLE GM2 7/9/2011
Granddaughters of ADM Reginald Rowan BELKNAP:
May ROWAN CRESSEWELL IRWIN 11/7/2016 Added 10/2/2018
Rowan BELKNAP HOWARD MORSE 5/1/2017 Added 10/2/2018

Last updated March 8, 2019