Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva muna 1902 kusvika muna 1904, Belknap akashanda muNavy's Bureau of Navigation. Akashanda ari mungarava yehondo kubva muna 1904 kusvika muna 1905, uye kubva muna 1905 kusvika muna 1906 akanga ari mufambisi wengarava uye gare gare mukuru mukuru wengarava yehondo. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant commander musi wa 8 Chikunguru 1905. Kubva muna 1907 kusvika muna 1910, akanga ari mutevedzeri wehondo yeUnited States kuGermany muBerlin, uye kubva muna 1908 kusvika muna 1909 aivawo mutevedzeri wehondo kuItaly muRome uye mutevedzeri wehondo kuAustria-Hungary kuVienna. Kutevera kuparadza
kudengenyeka kwenyika uye tsunami paMessina, Italy, musi wa28 Zvita 1908, akava mutungamiriri weAmerican Red Cross rubatsiro rwekuedza ngarava iyo yakapindura kune njodzi uye yakatarisira kuvakwa kwedzimba 16,000 munzvimbo pfumbamwe dzakasiyana munzvimbo dzeMessina neReggio di Calabria. Muna 1910, akashanda semumiriri chaiye uye mubatsiri wehondo kune aimbova Mutungamiri Theodore Roosevelt pamariro aMambo Edward VII muUnited Kingdom.