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Rear Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap (26 June 1871 – 30 March 1959) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine-American War, and World War I. He gained distinction in 1909 for his relief work in Italy after the 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami and for his work in command of the first offensive mining campaign in U.S. Navy history, the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1918. He was also a published author, an inventor, a member of many professional and social organizations, and an active member of the Episcopal Church, and he played a role in the selection of Amelia Earhart as the first female pilot to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • Reginald R. Belknap
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  • Rear Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap (26 June 1871 – 30 March 1959) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine-American War, and World War I. He gained distinction in 1909 for his relief work in Italy after the 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami and for his work in command of the first offensive mining campaign in U.S. Navy history, the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1918. He was also a published author, an inventor, a member of many professional and social organizations, and an active member of the Episcopal Church, and he played a role in the selection of Amelia Earhart as the first female pilot to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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serviceyears
  • 1891(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1871-06-26(xsd:date)
Commands
  • * * Mine and Minesweeping Division, U.S. Atlantic Fleet * Mine Squadron One * Acting President of the Naval War College * Destroyer Submarine Base Squantum * * Receiving ship, San Francisco, California * Naval Training Station Norfolk
Branch
death place
  • West Haven, Connecticut
Name
  • Reginald R. Belknap
Caption
  • Belknap photographed as a captain.
Birth Place
  • Malden, Massachusetts
Awards
  • *Distinguished Service Medal * Spanish Campaign Medal * World War I Victory Medal * Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal * Order of Leopold * Legion of Honor , * American Red Cross Gold Medal
death date
  • 1959-03-30(xsd:date)
Rank
  • 30(xsd:integer)
Allegiance
Battles
  • *Spanish-American War * Boxer Rebellion ** Taku Forts * Philippine-American War * Banana Wars ** Santiago de Cuba 1917 * World War I ** Atlantic U-boat Campaign ** North Sea Mine Barrage
Relations
  • Rear Admiral George E. Belknap
laterwork
  • Episcopal Church
placeofburial
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
abstract
  • Rear Admiral Reginald Rowan Belknap (26 June 1871 – 30 March 1959) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine-American War, and World War I. He gained distinction in 1909 for his relief work in Italy after the 1908 Messina earthquake and tsunami and for his work in command of the first offensive mining campaign in U.S. Navy history, the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage in 1918. He was also a published author, an inventor, a member of many professional and social organizations, and an active member of the Episcopal Church, and he played a role in the selection of Amelia Earhart as the first female pilot to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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