Photo #: NH 100370
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Loading relief food supplies at Tsingtao, China, for transportation
to Tokyo, Japan, following the great earthquake of September
1923.
Note Chinese coolies and wooden carts in the foreground.
Collection of Eugene R. O'Brien.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100371
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Japanese Sailors help unload the ship, after her arrival in Tokyo
Bay, Japan, with relief supplies for victims of the great earthquake
of September 1923.
Collection of Eugene R. O'Brien.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100372
Japanese Battleships
Moored in Tokyo Bay, Japan, September 1923. Photographed from
USS Black Hawk (AD-9), which had come there with relief
supplies for victims of that month's great earthquake.
Ships visible are (from left to right) units of the:
Ise class;
Nagato class;
Fuso class; and
Kongo class.
Collection of Eugene R. O'Brien.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99704
"Watching the outcome of 19,000 Mex whaleboat race. Chefoo,
1923"
USS William B. Preston (DD-344) defeated USS Black
Hawk (AD-9) in this contest, with the sum of 19,000 Mexican
silver dollars being wagered by interested parties.
Destroyer in the right background appears to be USS Truxtun
(DD-229). Black Hawk is at left.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Waldo B. McLeod, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51973
Yahagi (Japanese Light Cruiser, 1912)
With barges alongside and astern, seen from USS Black Hawk
(AD-9) circa 1932, possibly in Manila Bay, Philippines.
Black Hawk's bow and forward gun platform is in the left
foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 51899
Yahagi (Japanese Light Cruiser, 1912)
Photographed from USS Black Hawk (AD-9) circa 1932, possibly
in Manila Bay, Philippines.
One of Black Hawk's motor launches is in the left foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101138
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Sailor reading by a pile of depth charges and gun powder charge
containers, in Asiatic waters circa the later 1930s.
From the album of Harold Gerwien, courtesy of Photographer's
Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101139
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Sailor poses with the mounting for a .50 caliber anti-aircraft
machine gun, in Asiatic waters circa the later 1930s.
From the album of Harold Gerwien, courtesy of Photographer's
Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101146
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Two Sailors practice gymnastics on board the ship, in Asiatic
waters circa 1937-1939.
From the album of Harold Gerwien, courtesy of Photographer's
Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101147
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Two crewmen pose with one of the ship's 5"/51 guns, in Asiatic
waters circa 1937-1939.
Seaman Harold Gerwien is at left. Man at right is Rinella.
From the album of Harold Gerwien, courtesy of Photographer's
Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 99694-KN (color)
USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
Front cover for the musical show "Pierrots at Transport
Time", presented by the ship's crew and the men of Destroyer
Squadron Five at the Navy Young Men's Christian Association,
Chefoo, China, on 23 June 1934.
The original eight-page program measures 8.7" high and 6.8"
wide.
Collection of Chief Warrant Officer George N. Gaboury, USN (Retired).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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