USS Black Hawk (AD-9)
.jpg) USS Black Hawk (ID # 2140) Moored at Inverness, Scotland, in September 1918, while serving as Mine Force repair ship and flagship, and painted with a camouflage pattern.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Black Hawk |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Cost | $99,751 (hull & machinery)[1] |
| Launched | 1913, as SS Santa Catalina |
| Acquired | by purchase, 3 December 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 15 August 1946 |
| Reclassified | AD-9, November 1920 |
| Honours and awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
| Fate | Transferred to Maritime Commission, 4 September 1947 Sold for scrap, 17 March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 5,690 long tons (5,781 t) |
| Length | 420 ft 2 in (128.07 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft 10 in (16.41 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 5 in (8.66 m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 471 |
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9) was a destroyer tender.
Construction and commissioning
Black Hawk was launched in 1913 as
U.S. Navy
on 3 December 1917; and commissioned 15 May 1918.
Service history
Post World War I operations
Assigned as tender and
Orkney Islands, for the North Sea mine sweep
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She returned to
Asiatic Fleet
. Black Hawk remained in the Far East for twenty years during which she tended Destroyer Squadrons 5 (1922–40) and 29 (1940–42).
World War II
On 7 December 1941 Black Hawk was at
San Francisco, California
, for repairs and overhaul.
Completing her overhaul 16 March 1943, Black Hawk returned to Alaskan waters, arriving 10 April 1943. Except for a short stay at Pearl Harbor (30 September 1943 – 1 February 1944), she remained at
Okinawa. Black Hawk served in the Far East tending vessels at Okinawa and in China (specifically at Tsingtao)[2]
until 20 May 1946 when she headed home for the last time.
Decommissioned on 15 August 1946, she was transferred to
Maritime Commission
on 4 September 1947.
Awards
- Victory Medal with "MOBILE BASE" clasp
- American Defense Service Medal with "FLEET" clasp
- American Campaign Medal
- battle star
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Medalwith "ASIA" clasp
- China Service Medal
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ "Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
- ^ My father, Sherwin "Buddy" Eller, served as communications officer aboard the Black Hawk in 1946. I have a picture from an old photo album notated "Aboard the USS Blackhawk at Tsingtao, China in Spring, 1946
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