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| 74k | Hugh David Black was born in Oradell, New Jersey, on 29 June 1903. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922, graduated in 1926, and served on board USS Richmond, mainly in the Far East, between 1926 and 1928. During the next few years, he was an officer on board the battleship New York, the gunboat Asheville, and the destroyers Parrott, Rizal and Montgomery. Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Black was assigned to the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California, in 1933-1934, then served on board the destroyer Upshur and during 1935-38 commanded the minesweeper Lark. Lieutenant Black had duty with the Bureau of Navigation, in Washington, D.C., in 1938 and attended Harvard University for two years, beginning mid-1938. He was Executive Officer of the new destroyer Benson in 1940-1941. In March 1941, he took command of the destroyer Jacob Jones. Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black lost his life when Jacob Jones was sunk by a German submarine on 28 Feburary 1942. Photo #: NH 82696. Lieutenant Commander Hugh D. Black, USN (1903-1942), photographed circa the early 1940s. The original photograph was presented to USS Black by Mrs. Hugh D. Black, Ship's Sponsor, on 21 May 1943, the day the ship went into commission. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 64k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 48k | Undated, location unknown. | Wally Brockway | |
| 83k | Undated, location unknown. | Wally Brockway | |
| 120k | Aitape, New Guinea, Operation, April 1944. Part of Task Force 77 en route for the Aitape invasion, 21 April 1944. The landings took place on the following day. Photographed from USS Manila Bay (CVE-61). USS Black (DD-666) is at right. A large force of amphibious shipping and warships is visible on the horizon. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
| 130k | USS Black (DD-666) Underway in a Pacific harbor, May 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 124k | USS Black (DD-666) underway during the early 1950's, probably soon after she was recommissioned in July 1951. The ship is still essentially in her late WW II configuration (USN Photo No NH 98066). | Robert Hurst | |
| 125k | USS Black (DD-666) At sea, following her mid-1950s modernization, in which she lost one 5"/38 gun mount and received three 3"/50 twin mounts. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
| 155k | USS Black (DD-666) Refueling at sea from USS Eldorado (AGC-11), 14 November 1960. Note boat cradles on Eldorado's deck, and life jackets worn by her crewmen. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 91k | USS Black at sea in January 1962. Photographed by Woody (USN Photo No NH 98067). | Robert Hurst | |
| 55k | Circa late 1962. | Jack W. Flowers | |
| 122k | USS Ajax (AR-6) Flagship of Commander Service Squadron THREE, with five Seventh Fleet destroyers alongside, circa 1962. The destroyers are (from left to right): USS Ernest G. Small (DDR-838); USS Rupertus (DD-851); USS Trathen (DD-530); USS Cowell (DD-547); and USS Black (DD-666). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 110k | Taken from USS Kitty Hawk circa 1965 in the Tonkin Gulf. | ETC Lawrence E. Brown | |
| 44k | Circa 1966, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 91k | Taken from the deck of the USS Intrepid CVA-11 in the Tonkin Gulf, 1966 or 1967. | Bill Messer | |
| 101k | As above. | Bill Messer | |
| 111k | As above. | Bill Messer | |
| 146k | USS Black (DD-666) Steaming at sea, circa 1968. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 137k | USS Black (DD-666) Crewmen working over the ship's side chipping paint, while she was at the Naval Station, San Diego, California, in November 1968. Note ratguard on the mooring line at left. Photographed by PHCS Herman Schroeder, USN. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 43k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 53k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
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