BLACK HAWK AD 9

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Black Hawk Class Destroyer Tender Keel Laid (Date unknown) as "SS SANTA CATALINA" Launched 1913 Purchased by the US Navy 3 December 1917 Renamed 26 January 1918 USS BLACK HAWK ID-2140 Commissioned 15 May 1918 USS BLACK HAWK AD-9 Designated (AD) November 1920 - Decommissioned 15 August 1946 Transferred 4 September 1947 to MARCOM for disposal Sold March 1948 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Black Hawk AD-9 Covers Page 1    (1922-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3

1922-01-20

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Locy Type 3 (AC) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1924-10-20

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Locy Type 3 (A) "HONGKONG / CHINA."

1928-04-02

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Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "SHANGHAI / CHINA."

1934-10-27

Cachet by C. Guy Cross

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PIER FIVE / KOBE JAPAN"

1934-05-01

Black Hawk postmarks are good, the others are bogus. This is the work of John N. Lawrence

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAIGON / INDO CHINA"

1935-10-24

Cacheted.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MANILA / PI"

1939-01-01

New Year's Day, cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "ENROUTE / TSINGTAO"

1939-09-03

Official Business

 

Locy Type 3a (BC)

1935-02-20

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Locy Type 3s (C)

1930-04-04

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Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-12-08

Officer's mail.

 

Locy Type 5hks

1931-10-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 6

1928-07-19

Official Mail.

 

Locy Type 9

1934-04-24

Black Hawk postmarks are good, the others are bogus. This is the work of John N. Lawrence

 

Locy Type 9fu

1944-10-02

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Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37f

1933-12-14

Registered - Official Business. Received postmark from Washington, DC dated 13 January 1934

 

Locy Type 9v(C) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37h

1936-10-29

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 9efw

1934-05-01

Japanese postal card with multiple Japanese postmarks.

 

Locy Type 9x

1938-08-24

Cacheted.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37a

1931-07-24

Note:

 

Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / MANILA / P.I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b

1933-01-17

AD-9

 

Locy Type F "DESRON / FIVE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37c

1934-07-04

Independence Day, cachet by C. Guy Cross

 

Locy Type F "DEWEY DOCK / OLONGAPO P.I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37d

1934-02-13

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37e

1935-07-04

Independence Day

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Registered Mail Killer

1938-10-03

Registered, Official Business.

 

Other Information

USS BLACK HAWK earned the World War I Victory Medal w/ Transport clasp, the Yangtze Service Medal, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Chief Black Hawk (1767-1838)
The chief of the Sac and Fox Indians who was defeated in the Black Hawk War of 1832.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Black Hawk (1848 Gunboat), USS Black Hawk (1904), USS Black Hawk AD-9 and USS Black Hawk MHC-58

 

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