| 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 |
Commands listed for USS Belknap (AVD 8)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Silas Bruce Moore, USN | 2 Aug 1940 | 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Sylvius Gazze, USN | 1941 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Belknap include:
12 Mar 1943
USS Belknap picks up 18 survivors from the American merchant Jonathan Sturges and three survivors from the Dutch merchant Madoera.
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.