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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
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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Image posted 27 October 2004