| 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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    | 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.
 
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