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Photo # NH 53062: Crewmembers on board USS Black Hawk, 23 November 1919

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Black Hawk (ID # 2140) --
On Board and Miscellaneous Views taken in 1917-1919


This page features all the views we have taken on board USS Black Hawk (ID # 2140) during the World War I era, plus miscellaneous images related to her during that time.

For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of her service, see:

  • USS Black Hawk (AD-9, originally ID # 2140), 1918-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 56668

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    Scene on deck during a noon hour, circa 1918-1919, with band playing and crewmen relaxing.
    Note life ring, marked "U.S.S. CK H".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101173

    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.

    Collection of Charles F. Speraw, courtesy of him and of William V. Kennedy, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56669

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    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.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 545 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56672

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    Boats tied up astern of the ship, during rough weather in a British port, circa 1918-1919.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56670

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss (front row, center), Commander of the North Sea mine barrage clearance operation, on board the ship with other officers, 1919.
    Note that a few of these officers are wearing the newly-introduced open collar double-breasted uniform jacket.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 56674

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss leaving the ship at Gravesend, England, probably in October 1919. Black Hawk was his flagship during and after World War I, when he was Commander Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet.
    Note that RAdm. Strauss is wearing the newly-introduced open-collar double-breasted uniform jacket.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44211

    Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, USN


    On board USS Black Hawk (ID # 2140) on 21 November 1919, when she returned to the U.S. from British waters. The ship was Strauss' flagship during the clearance of the North Sea mine barrage earlier in the year.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53062

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    "Crewmembers 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.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99693

    USS Black Hawk
    (ID # 2140)

    Ship's 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.

    Donation of Chief Storekeeper Charles A. Free.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 245 pixels

     

    For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of her service, see:

  • USS Black Hawk (AD-9, originally ID # 2140), 1918-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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