from USS Belknap DLG-26 - ECPA Bristol Silver by Poole creamer and sugar bowl

Description

NOTE: These items have a brilliant shiny surface. Any discoloration is only a reflection from the room surrounding the picture taker.
From the wardroom of USS Belknap DLG-26.
ECPA Bristol Silver by Poole - Vintage 1960's
USS Belknap, named for Rear Admirals George E. Belknap and Reginald Rowan Belknap, was the lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy. She was launched in 1963 as DLG-26, a guided missile frigate under the then-current designation system, and reclassified as CG-26 on 30 June 1975.
On 22 November 1975, Belknap and the aircraft carrier Kennedy collided
, killing seven sailors on the cruiser and one on the aircraft carrier.
Belknap
was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 February 1995 and sunk as a target on 24 September 1998.
When she was decommissioned in 1995 her battlements and accessories were sold at public auction.