
This page features all the views we have of USS Black Hawk (AD-9), by herself, during the World War II era.
For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and
links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of
her service, see:
| 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.
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Photo #: 19-N-42257 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Underway off San Francisco, California, 28 February 1943. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 38KB; 740 x 390 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-42258 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 28 February 1943, following an overhaul. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 570 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 99665 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 28 February 1943. The Bay Bridge is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 625 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99666 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Seen from astern while underway in San Francisco Bay, California, 28 February 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99667 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Plan view, taken from off the starboard bow while she was at San Francisco Bay, California, 3 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them new gun installations at the bow. The transport S.S. Matsonia is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 565 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99668 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Plan view, taken from off the starboard side amidships, while she was at San Francisco Bay, California, 3 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns installed atop the midships deckhouse. The transport S.S. Matsonia is in the background. Note life rafts on Black Hawk, and white life ring with the ship's name painted on it and line coiled inside (in the boat in the lower left). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 550 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99669 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Plan view, taken from off the starboard side amidships, looking aft, while she was at San Francisco Bay, California, 3 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns installed atop the midships deckhouse. The transport S.S. Matsonia is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 555 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99670 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Plan view, taken from off the starboard side aft, while she was at San Francisco Bay, California, 3 March 1943. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them new after gun installations, and smoke generator tanks on the quarters with a trash incinerator between them. The transport S.S. Matsonia is in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 555 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-131562 USS Black Hawk (AD-9) In Alaskan waters, circa 1944. The ship is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 18D. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-6432 (cropped) (Color) USS Black Hawk (AD-9) In the harbor at Naval Operating Base, Adak, Alaska, circa summer 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 18D. This image is greatly enlarged from Photo # 80-G-K-6432. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 86KB; 650 x 675 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-6433 (cropped) (Color) USS Black Hawk (AD-9) At Naval Operating Base, Adak, Alaska, circa summer 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 18D. This image is greatly enlarged from Photo # 80-G-K-6433. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 555 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-6439 (cropped) (Color) USS Black Hawk (AD-9) Moored at Naval Operating Base, Adak, Alaska, circa summer 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 18D. This image is greatly enlarged from Photo # 80-G-K-6439. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 550 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For selected views of this ship throughout her career, and
links to comprehensive pictorial coverage of other aspects of
her service, see:
| If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 9 November 2004