Mike Abbott Cruise Photos
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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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Sam Bowers Restaurant
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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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.
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Miscellaneous Memorabilia
Malta Stamp Bush-Gorbachev Summit
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First Day Issue
Some milestones in Belknap’s life.
DD251 1941
Launching
Last Day as DLG
Re-commissioning
Assignment to Gaeta
Commissioning
First Day as CG
First Day Recommission
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Shipmate Stories
Shipmate Stories
Here are some stories submitted by shipmates. We would like to hear your story. Submit one to webtech@ussbelknap.org
The Hard Core 100 by Terry Cribb
My  Navy Service by Bob Gilhooly
Collision by Eric Johnson  – USS Bordelon
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73 Med Cruise Book
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Memorial Bike
Dick Tremain Thunder Roads Article
Counting Cars Bike Reveal Show
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Belknap Family Memorabilia
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