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Photo # NH 78021: USS Black Hawk anchored in Philippine waters, 19 December 1935

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Black Hawk (AD-9) --
Views of the Ship taken in 1920-1941


This page features all the views we have of USS Black Hawk (AD-9), by herself, during the inter-war decades.

For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of her service, see:

  • USS Black Hawk (AD-9, originally ID # 2140), 1918-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 61909

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    Anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920-1921.

    Courtesy of Gustave Maurer, 1921.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99695

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    Photographed circa 1923.

    Collection of Lieutenant Commander Waldo B. McLeod, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90293

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    At Chefoo, China, in the summer of 1923.
    Note the laden junks in the foreground and U.S. Navy destroyers in the distance.

    Courtesy of Captain A.L. Prosser, USN (Retired).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 435 pixels

     
    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.

    Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80110

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    At Chefoo, China, circa 1932.
    U.S. Navy destroyers are moored in the distance, and tied up on Black Hawk's port side.

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78021

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    Anchored in Philippine waters, 19 December 1935.
    She serviced Destroyer Squadron Five.

    Courtesy of Rear Admiral J.P. Walker, USN (Retired), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101134

    USS Black Hawk
    (AD-9)

    Tied up at Pier 1, Manila, Philippine Islands, circa 1937.

    From the album of Harold Gerwien, courtesy of Photographer's Mate Harold Gerwien, USN, 1986.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 580 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86082-C

    "Combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in Panama Bay, Jan. 21st 1921"


    Right section (of three) of a panoramic photograph taken by M.C. Mayberry, of Mayberry and Smith, Shreveport, Louisiana. Other views in the series are Photo #s: NH 86082-A and NH 86082-B.
    Among the ships present in this image are (from left to right): USS Sicard (DD-346), USS Hatfield (DD-231), USS North Dakota (BB-29), USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Brazos (AO-4), USS Prometheus (AR-3), USS Utah (BB-31), USS Oklahoma (BB-37), USS Bridge (AF-1), USS Nevada (BB-36), USS Schenck (DD-159), USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Black Hawk (AD-9), USS Dickerson (DD-157), USS Dahlgren (DD-187), USS Herbert (DD-160), USS Columbia (CA-16), USS Cleveland (PG-33), USS Tacoma (PG-32), USS Semmes (DD-189) and one other destroyer.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, D.H. Criswell Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 43KB; 740 x 340 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51872

    Vought O3U-1 "Corsair" observation planes


    From the USS Augusta (CA-31) aviation unit, on a barge alongside USS Heron (AM-10) at Subic Bay, Philippines, circa 1933-1934. Partially visible at the extreme right is a Martin T4M-1 torpedo plane being serviced on board Heron.
    Larger ships in the background are USS Canopus (AS-9), with submarines alongside (at left); and USS Black Hawk (AD-9), with destroyers alongside (right center).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78381

    Cavite Navy Yard and Sangley Point Naval Station, Philippine Islands


    Aerial photograph taken circa 1936, with Sangley Point in the foreground and Cavite in the right middle distance.
    USS Augusta (CA-31) is tied up near the end of the Cavite peninsula. USS Black Hawk (AD-9) is off the end of Sangley Point.

    Courtesy of Capt. P. Henry, Jr., USN (Retired), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 900 x 645 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80422

    Hong Kong Harbor
    , circa November 1936

    With ships of the British, French and U.S. Navies present.
    Ships are (in the most distant offshore row, left to right): French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, British submarine tender Medway with several submarines alongside, and British aircraft carrier Hermes.
    (in the nearest offshore row, left to right): two destroyers (unidentified nationality), French colonial sloop, USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with two destroyers alongside.
    Alongside dockyard wharfs (left to right): British heavy cruiser Berwick with two or three destroyers outboard,and British heavy cruiser Cumberland.
    Inside the dockyard basin (clockwise from entrance): Two destroyers, three submarines and an "Insect" class gunboat.
    Offshore of, and to the right of, the dockyard (left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside a U.S. destroyer, two British destroyers, three U.S. destroyers, and three U.S. destroyers.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 228KB; 900 x 735 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 81131

    Hong Kong Harbor
    , circa November 1936

    With ships of the British, French and U.S. Navies present.
    Ships in the right half of the photo are (in the most distant offshore row, left to right): French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet, British submarine tender Medway with several submarines alongside, and British aircraft carrier Hermes.
    (in the nearest offshore row, left to right): two destroyers (unidentified nationality), French colonial sloop, USS Augusta (CA-31) and USS Black Hawk (AD-9) with two destroyers alongside.
    Alongside dockyard wharfs (left to right): British heavy cruiser Berwick with two or three destroyers outboard,and British heavy cruiser Cumberland.
    Inside the dockyard basin (clockwise from entrance): Two destroyers, three submarines and an "Insect" class gunboat.
    Offshore of, and to the right of, dockyard (left to right): USS Isabel (PY-10) alongside a U.S. destroyer, two British destroyers, three U.S. destroyers, and three U.S. destroyers.

    Courtesy of Lieutenant Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 900 x 735 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other 1920s and 1930s views of USS Black Hawk (AD-9). The following list features some of these images:

    The images listed below are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."



  • Photo #: 80-G-1010811
    USS Black Hawk (AD-9) in the Dewey Dry Dock at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippines, 26 May 1924.
    Starboard bow (rather toward the broadside) aerial view. A considerable amount of dark smoke is issuing from one of the dry docks smoke stacks.

  • Photo #: 80-G-1025108
    USS Black Hawk (AD-9) in a harbor, with her starboard anchor hanging from its hause hole and embarkation ladders deployed, during the 1920s.
    Starboard quarter surface view.

  • Photo #: 80-G-1025109
    USS Black Hawk (AD-9) alongside a dock, with several destroyers tied to her port (far) side.
    Starboard broadside surface view.


    Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


  • For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of her service, see:

  • USS Black Hawk (AD-9, originally ID # 2140), 1918-1948.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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