George Eugene Belknap | |
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Born | Newport, New Hampshire | January 22, 1832
Died | April 7, 1903 Key West, Florida | (aged 71)
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1847–1894 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | Asiatic Squadron Mare Island Naval Shipyard U.S. Naval Observatory USS Tuscarora USS Hartford USS Canonicus |
Battles/wars | American Civil War Formosa Expedition |
Relations | Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap (son) (1871–1959) |
George Eugene Belknap (22 January 1832 – 7 April 1903) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. USS Belknap (DD-251) was named for him.
Belknap was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Veteran Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) and an Honorary Companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
A portrait of Admiral Belknap is on display in Luce Hall at the United States Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
He was the father of Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap who served as national Commander-in-Chief of MOLLUS from 1947 to 1951.
Lieutenant | Lieutenant Commander | Commander | Captain | Commodore | Rear Admiral |
O-3 | O-4 | O-5 | O-6 | O-7 | O-8 |
September 16, 1855 | July 15, 1862 | July 15, 1866 | January 25, 1875 | June 2, 1885 | February 12, 1889 |