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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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Black Hawk |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Armament: |
• 4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns |
USS Black Hawk (AD-9) was launched in 1913 as SS Santa Catalina by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; purchased by the U.S. Navy on 3 December 1917; and commissioned 15 May 1918, Commander R. C. Bulmer in command.
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