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DD-251 / AVD-8 / APD-34 USS BELKNAP

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy on July 31 1918.
Launched January 14 1919 and commissioned April 28 1919.
Converted to Sea Plane Tender AVD-8 August 2 1940.
Reclassified DD-251 December 1 1943.
Converted to High Speed Transport APD-34 June 22 1944.
Damaged beyond repair by Kamikaze in Lingayen Gulf January 11 1945.
Decommissioned August 4 1945.
Stricken August 13 1945.
Fate Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap.

7 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	43k	MINSY 2848-44, Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap was born in Newport, N.H., in 1832, George Eugene Belknap was appointed a Midshipman in 1847. He commanded Canonicus during the attacks on Fort Fisher, N.C., and Hartford during the Formosa Expedition of 1867. Appointed Rear Admiral 12 February 1889, he retired 22 January 1894. Rear Admiral Belknap died at Key West, Fla., 7 April 1903.		Darryl Baker
	147k	Undated, location unknown.		-

USS BELKNAP DD-251 / AVD-8 / APD-34 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Curt Clark, Secretary Four Stack APD Veterans
Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: 619-282-0971
E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
Next reunion: Myrtle Beach, SC 7-10 October 2001

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource APD High-speed Transport Index
NavSource AVD Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) Index
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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