Black Hawk (AD-9): Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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USS Black Hawk (ID-2140) At Inverness, Scotland, in September 1918 as mine force repair ship and flagship of Commander, U.S. Mine Force. Photo No. NH 56398 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (ID-2140) Anchored in Scottish waters, with a trawler and minesweepers alongside, circa 1919. Photo No. NH 56673 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920-1921. Photo No. NH 61909 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Shown circa the 1920s, possibly soon after she joined the Asiatic Fleet in 1922. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Photographed circa 1923 in the Far East. Photo No. NH 99695 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) At anchor in Philippine waters on 19 December 1935. Note the numerous additions and modifications to her superstructure since the 1920s. Photo No. NH 78021 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Tending destroyers at Chefoo, China, in 1939. Visible alongside are Barker (DD-213) and Whipple (DD-217), the inboard ships of a six-ship nest that also included Pillsbury (DD-227), Alden (DD-211), John D. Edwards (DD-216), and Peary (DD-226). This colorized photo is backstamped "Dah Loh Photo Service, Chefoo." Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) In San Francisco Bay on 28 February 1943 after a major overhaul. Photo No. 19-N-42257 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) In San Francisco Bay on 28 February 1943 after a major overhaul. Photo No. 19-N-42258 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) In Alaskan waters circa 1944. After spending most of the interwar period in the Far East, this ship spent most of World War II in Alaska. Photo No. 19-N-131562 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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