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Belknap, Reginald Rowan, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Last Address Field Elders, CT
Date of Passing Mar 30, 1959
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Indiana Class Battleship: Displacement 10,288 Tons, Dimensions, 350' 11" (oa) x 69' 3" x 27' 2" (Max), Armament 4 x 13"/35 8 x 8"/35, 4 x 6"/30, 4 x 18"tt, Armor, 18" Belt, 15" Turrets, 3" Decks, 10" Conning Tower, Machinery, 9,000 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted, triple expansion engines, 2 screws, Speed, 15 Knots, Crew 473.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia on May 7, 1891. Launched February 28, 1893, Commissioned November 20, 1895; Decommissioned December 29, 1903; Recommissioned January 9, 1906; Decommissioned May 23, 1914; Recommissioned May 24, 1917; Reclassified Coastal Battleship #1, March 29, 1919; Decommissioned March 31, 1919.
Fate: Sunk as target off Tangier Island, Maryland, November 1 1920, Hulk sold March 19, 1924 and broken up for scrap.
