DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
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WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
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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