High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Belknap (DLG-26/CG-26), named for Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap USN (1832–1903), was the lead ship of her class of guided missile cruisers in the United States Navy. She was launched as DLG-26, a guided missile frigate under the then-current designation system, and reclassified as CG-26 on 30 June 1975.