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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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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Image posted 27 October 2004