USS Belknap
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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Belknap, after Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap, with the second also honoring his son Reginald Rowan Belknap.
- The first Belknap (DD-251) was a destroyer launched in 1919, also serving later as a seaplane tender and a high-speed transport, finally decommissioned in 1945.
- The second Belknap (CG-26), the first of her class, was a guided missile cruiser in service from 1964 to 1995.