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SS Santa Catalina moored, date and location unknown. |
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SS Santa Catalina in port on a snowy day, possibly when she was inspected by the Third Naval District, 14 December 1917.
This ship was taken over by the Navy in December 1917 and renamed Black Hawk on the 26th of that month. Converted to a repair ship, she was placed in commission on 15 May 1918 as USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140). In 1920 she was reclassified as a destroyer tender, with hull number AD-9, and served actively until 1946.
US Navy photo # NH 99386 |
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USS Black Hawk (ID-2140)
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Namesake
Black Hawk (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior. Black Hawk earned his status as a war chief by his actions: leading raiding and war parties as a young man and then
leading a band of Sauk warriors during the Black Hawk War of 1832. (Wikipedia)
Photo Painting by George Catlin (1796–1872) - Oil on canvas portrait "Black Hawk, the Sauk war chief and namesake of the Black Hawk War in 1832".
Smithsonian American Art Museum artwork ID: 3925 (Wikidata) |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) at New York Navy Yard, 22 May 1918, showing her newly-applied pattern camouflage. The barge Victory is alongside.
US Navy photo # NH 56397 |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) at anchor, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo for "All Hands" magazine, October 1966. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) moored at Inverness, Scotland, in September 1918, while serving as Mine Force repair ship and flagship. Note her pattern camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 56398 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Gustave Maurer, 1921. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) moored in Scottish waters, with a trawler and minesweepers alongside, circa 1919.
US Navy photo # NH 56673 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Gustave Maurer, 1921. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) moored in Scottish waters, circa 1919.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-458631, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) moored at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, in 1919, while supporting the North Sea mine barrage clearance operation. She has at least two submarine chasers alongside. Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken by Segar, of SC-181, published in the cruise book "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919", page 62.
US Navy photo # NH 99691, donated by SKC Charles A. Free. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) crewmen display a giant halibut caught near the Orkney Islands in 1919, while Black Hawk was supporting the sweeping of the North Sea mine barrage. This one fish was sufficient for a meal for the entire crew. Note that a smaller, darker colored, halibut is also attached to the line.
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US Navy photo # NH 56669. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) crew on deck during a noon hour, circa 1918-1919, with band playing and crewmen relaxing. Note life ring, marked "U.S.S. CK H".
US Navy photo # NH 56668 |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) band concert for the ship's crew, 1919, during the sweeping of the North Sea mine barrage. Note the minesweepers moored in the background. USS Heron (Minesweeper # 10) is at left, with the identification letter "U" painted on her bow.
US Navy photo # NH 101173 from the collection of Charles F. Speraw, courtesy of him and of William V. Kennedy, 1986. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) at Ponta Delgada, Azores, while returning to the U.S. from British waters, circa November 1919. Halftone reproduction of a panoramic photograph, published in the cruise book "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919", page 98.
US Navy photo # NH 99692, donated by SKC Charles A. Free. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) "Crew members smiling now that they have returned to home waters after two and a half years as part of the U.S. minesweeping fleet, 23 November 1919." (quoted from the original 1919-vintage caption)
Black Hawk initially deployed to the British Isles in June 1918 and returned to the U.S. in November 1919, a period of nearly one and a half years.
US Navy photo # NH 53062 |
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Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss (front row, center), Commander of the North Sea mine barrage clearance operation, on board
USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) with other officers, 1919. Note that a few of these officers are wearing the newly-introduced open collar double-breasted uniform jacket.
US Navy photo # NH 56670. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) CPOs in 1918. At the time bow ties and high hats were prominent.
US Navy photo for "All Hands" magazine, October 1966. |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID# 2140) crew on deck, off New York City on 24 November 1919. Halftone reproduction of a panoramic photograph, published in the cruise book "Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage, 1919", page 98.
US Navy photo # NH 99693, donated SKC Charles A. Free. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920-1921.
US Navy photo # NH 61909 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Gustave Maurer, 1921. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) transiting the Panama Canal circa 1920 |
Panama Canal Co. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor, circa 1923, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 99695, from the collection of LCDR Waldo B. McLeod, USN (Ret) |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor off Chefoo, China, in the summer of 1923. Note the laden junks in the foreground and U.S. Navy destroyers in the distance.
US Navy photo # NH 90293, Courtesy of Capt A.L. Prosser, USN (Ret) |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor with
USS Stewart (DD-224) and
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216) alongside, at Chefoo, China, 21 July 1924.
Photographed from a Torpedo Squadron 20 aircraft attached to USS Jason (AC-12).
US National Archives photo # 80-G-685105 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1) drydock
at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, circa 1925.
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored in a Chinese port, location unknown, circa mid-1920s.
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) officers & crew, circa 1924-1927.
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) 4"/50 gun crew, 14 August 1926, location unknown.
Photo from Museum of Military History |
Courtesy Frederick J. Moisson, Collection Manager & Volunteer Coordinator |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor at Chefoo, China in 1926.
Photo from Museum of Military History |
Courtesy Frederick J. Moisson, Collection Manager & Volunteer Coordinator |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor at Chefoo, China in 1926.
US Navy Photo |
Jim Kurrasch
Battleship Iowa Pacific Battleship Center |
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A USS Black Hawk (AD-9) liberty launch coming alongside a pier at Chefoo, China in 1926.
Photo from Museum of Military History |
Courtesy Frederick J. Moisson, Collection Manager & Volunteer Coordinator |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) (background) with destroyers
USS Preble (DD-345),
USS Noa (DD-343), unidentified and
USS Pruitt (DD-347) moored at Saigon French-Indochina in 1926. |
Courtesy Frederick J. Moisson
Collection Manager & Volunteer Coordinator |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Asiatic Fleet Smoker, Chefoo June 30, 1926
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) drydocked in USS Dewey (YFD-1)
at Naval Station Olongapo, Philippine Islands, circa 1926.
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9). far left, at anchor in an Asian port, circa 1926.
From Hyman Fischer photo album via Sandie Larsen |
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Letter from USS Black Hawk (AD-9), dated 7 June 1928, flagship for Destroyer Squadrons present at Chefoo, China establishing Fleet Church Services |
Tommy Trampp, courtesy Gary T. Hunt |
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Panoramic photograph of Chefoo harbor during the 1930s.
USS Black Hawk (AD-9) is moored in the center, with destroyers of Destroyer Division 14 alongside. Two U.S. Navy minesweepers are by the breakwater and a gunboat is anchored off shore, at the extreme right.
US Navy photo # NH 90041, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . Courtesy of Walter R. Woodward, 1979. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored in Chefoo harbor, circa 1930s, with destroyers (inboard to outboard);
USS Edsall (DD-219),
USS Bulmer (DD-222),
USS Parrott (DD-218) and
USS Stewart (DD-224), alongside. The US Navy small seaplane tender USS Heron (AM-10) is moored at the breakwater on the right. Note Heron still carries her old minesweeper number (10), but has the circled star painted on her bow denoting aviation service. Photo from the collection of LCDR Rayborn M. Hall USN USS Bulmer. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor off Chefoo, China. US Navy destroyers are moored in the distance, and tied up on Black Hawk's port side, circa 1932.
US Navy photo # NH 80110, Courtesy of Capt. G.K. Bishop, USAF, 1974. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at Singapore, circa 1934, with six destroyers of the 39th Division alongside. The destroyers are (from left to right):
USS McCormick (DD-223);
USS Bulmer (DD-222);
USS Edsall (DD-219);
USS Simpson (DD-221);
USS MacLeish (DD-220); and
USS Parrott (DD-218).
US National Archives photo # 80-G-1025120, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at Manila, Philippine Islands, 15 November 1935, with four destroyers
and USS Heron (AM-10) nested alongside.
The four destroyers are (from left to right):
USS Whipple (DD-217);
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216);
USS Smith Thompson (DD-212); and
USS Barker (DD-213)
All ships are "full dressed" with flags in honor of
the inauguration of Philippine President Manuel Quezon.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-1025121 from the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored in a Far Eastern harbor during the 1930s. Destroyers alongside are (from left to right):
USS Smith Thompson (DD-212);
USS Barker (DD-213);
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216); and
USS Whipple (DD-217).
US Navy photo # NH99688 , from the collection of MMC Charles H. Randall, USN (Ret) |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored in a Far Eastern harbor during the 1930s, with a minesweeper and two destroyers alongside. The destroyer in the middle is USS Barker (DD-213). The other may be USS Paul Jones (DD-230).
US Navy photo # NH 99689 , from the collection of Norman W. Shaw, who served in Barker |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Color-tinted photograph by the Ah-Fung O.K. Photo Service, of ships inside and outside the breakwater at Chefoo, China, during the 1930s. USS Black Hawk (AD-9) is left center, with a nest of four destroyers alongside. USS Whipple (DD-217) is the outboard unit of these four. USS Heron (AM-10) is alongside the breakwater, at right. Left most of the four destroyers outside the breakwater is USS Stewart (DD-224).
US Navy photo # NH 90544-KN, from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of James E. Thompson, 1979. |
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Color-tinted photograph by the Ah-Fung O.K. Photo Service, of USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored at Chefoo, China, during the 1930s. The six destroyers alongside include (from left to right):
USS Pillsbury (DD-227);
USS Pope (DD-225);
USS John D. Ford (DD-228);
USS Paul Jones (DD-230);
USS Peary (DD-226); and
USS Parrott (DD-218).
US Navy photo # NH 90545-KN, courtesy of James E. Thompson, 1979. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) anchored in Philippine waters, 19 December 1935. She serviced Destroyer Squadron Five.
US Navy photo # NH 78021 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command , courtesy of Rear Admiral J.P. Walker, USN (Retired), 1973. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored at Chefoo, China, circa 1936 with six destroyers alongside including (from left to right):
USS Paul Jones (DD-230);
USS Smith Thompson (DD-212);
USSJohn D. Edwards (DD-216);
USS Barker (DD-213); and
USS Whipple (DD-217).
US Navy photo # NH 72264 , from the collection of RADM Paulus P. Powell, USN |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored at Chefoo, China, with destroyers and a minesweeper nested alongside, circa the late 1930s. Ships alongside are (from left to right):
USS Paul Jones (DD-230);
USS John D. Ford (DD-228);
USS Peary (DD-226); and
USS Heron (AVP-2), wearing her old minesweeper number AM-10.
A Grumman JF amphibian, one of the airplanes tended by Heron is moored at right.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 95960 . Courtesy of PH1 Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at Chefoo, China, circa late 1930s with six destroyers from Destroyer Division 14 alongside. The destroyers are:
USS Bulmer (DD-222)
USSPillsbury (DD-227)
USS Pope (DD-225)
USS Ford (DD-228)
USS Edsall (DD-219) and
USS Peary (DD-226).
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 90040, Courtesy of Walter R. Woodward, 1979. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) tied up at Pier 1, Manila, Philippine Islands, circa 1937.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 101134 courtesy of Photographer's Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored pierside, probably at Chefoo Harbor, circa 1938 |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) tending destroyers at Chefoo, China, in 1939. Visible alongside are
USS Barker (DD-213) and
USS Whipple (DD-217), the inboard ships of a six-ship nest that also included
USS Pillsbury (DD-227),
USS Alden (DD-211),
USS John D. Edwards (DD-216), and
USS Peary (DD-226).
This colorized photo is back-stamped "Dah Loh Photo Service, Chefoo."
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) moored pierside in the Philippine Islands, circa 1939.
From Navy Memorial |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at Chefoo with USS Pope (DD-225) and
the small seaplane tender, USS Heron (AVP-2) alongside, circa 1939. Note Heron's side number is still AM-10.
circa 1939.
From Navy Memorial |
Don Kehn, Jr. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) underway off San Francisco, CA., 28 February 1943.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-42257, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) broadside view while underway off San Francisco, CA., 28 February 1943.
Mare Island Navy Yard photo # 1446-43. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) underway off San Francisco, CA., 28 February 1943.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-42258, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) underway in San Francisco Bay, 28 February 1943. The Bay Bridge is in the background.
US Navy photo # NH 99665. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) seen from astern while underway in San Francisco Bay, 28 February 1943.
US Navy photo # NH 99666. |
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Amidships looking aft plan view of USS Black Hawk (AD-9) berthed at San Francisco, CA., 3 March 1943. The transport to the left of Black Hawk is unknown.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1541-3-43, 3/3/43. |
Darryl Baker |
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Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Black Hawk (AD-9) berthed at San Francisco, CA., 3 March 1943. The transport to the left of Black Hawk is unknown.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1542-3-43, 3/3/43. |
Darryl Baker |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) in Alaskan waters, circa 1944. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 18D.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-131562, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor at Naval Operating Base Adak, AK., circa summer 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6432 cropped, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor at Naval Operating Base Adak, AK., circa summer 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6433 cropped, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) at anchor at Naval Operating Base Adak, AK., circa summer 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-6439 cropped, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with six destroyers alongside, probably at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1945. The destroyers are (from left to right):
USS Hawkins (DD-873)
USS Ordronaux (DD-617)
USS Boyle (DD-600)
USS Champlin (DD-601)
USS Swanson (DD-443) and
USS Franks (DD-554)
Note the personnel boat in the foreground, heading for a landing stage alongside Black Hawk's bow.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-354884, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with six destroyers alongside, probably at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1945. The destroyers are (from left to right):
USS Hawkins (DD-873)
USS Ordronaux (DD-617)
USS Boyle (DD-600)
USS Champlin (DD-601)
USS Swanson (DD-443) and
USS Franks (DD-554).
US National Archives photo # 80-G-354885, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) ship's bell. |
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