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Belknap

Ship Designation: 
APD-34
Date Lost: 
Friday, January 12, 1945
Air Attack at Lingayen Gulf
Acting as a shore bombardment and beach reconnaissance vessel at the Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, landings Belknap came under attack. She trained all her guns on an attacking suicide plane which crashed into Belknap’s number two stack. ... This crippled her engines, killed 38 men and wounded 49. ... Belknap remained at Lingayen making emergency repairs until January 18.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 28

Namesort descending Service Branch
SC 2c John Alfonso USN
SOM 2c Edward Bessom USN
Sea 1c Guadalupe Castillo USN
Sea 1c Lewis Cook USN
WT 1c Luther Dossett USN
MM 2c Kenneth Hoffmann USN
Sea 1c Edwawd Kimble USN
Lt(jg) James Kingsley USN
SM 3c William Lewis USN
EM 1c John Mattes USN
WT 2c Harvey Moon USN
WT 3c William Oliver USN
Y 3c Robert Parker USN
GM 3c John Pietrowski USN
WT 3c Roy Ponder USN
MOMM 2c James Rodriguez USN
SK 1c F. Scoggins USN
Sea 2c Richard Shumaker USN
F 2c Charles Skeen USN
F 1c Francis Snow USN

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