| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 8 |
| Built by | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 Jul, 1918 |
| Launched | 14 Jan, 1919 |
| Commissioned | 28 Apr, 1919 |
| End service | 4 Aug, 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reclassified as sea plane tender AVD-8 on 2 August 1940 Classified back to destroyer DD-251 on 1 December 1943 Reclassified as high speed transport APD-34 on 22 June 1944 Damaged beyond repair by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft in the Lingayen Gulf on 11 January 1945, 7 casualties among her crew Decommissioned on 4 August 1945 Stricken on 13 August 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 30 November 1945 |
| Noteable events involving Belknap include: 12 Mar, 1943 The Jonathan Sturges was torpedoed and sunk on 24 February 1943 by the German submarine U-707 in the North Atlantic in position 46º15'N, 38º11'W. The Madoera was torpedoed and damaged on 24 February 1943 by by the German submarine U-653 in the North Atlantic in position 46º02'N, 39º20'W. The Madoera managed to reach St.Johns, Canada under her own power on 1 March 1943. |