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.
- USS BLACK HAWK ID-2140 Commissioned 15 May 1918
- USS BLACK HAWK AD-9 Designated (AD) November 1920 - Decommissioned 15 August 1946
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
Transferred 4 September 1947 to MARCOM for disposal
Sold March 1948 for scrap
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- USS Black Hawk AD-9 Covers Page 1 (1924-1946)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
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existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1924-10-20 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type |
1928-04-02 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type |
1934-10-27 |
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AD-9. Cachet by C. Guy Cross
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Locy Type |
1934-05-01 |
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AD-9. Black Hawk postmarks are good, the others are bogus. This is the work of John N. Lawrence
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Locy Type |
1938-05-13 |
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AD-9. 20th Anniversary, cachet by Frederick Horton
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Locy Type |
1939-01-01 |
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AD-9. New Year's Day, cachet by William F. Schlechter
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Locy Type |
1940-05-15 |
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AD-9. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type |
1930-04-04 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type |
1944-12-08 |
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AD-9. Officer's mail.
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Locy Type |
1931-10-22 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type 6 |
1928-07-19 |
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AD-9. Official Mail.
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Locy Type 9 |
1934-04-24 |
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AD-9. Black Hawk postmarks are good, the others are bogus. This is the work of John N. Lawrence
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Locy Type |
1946-08-01 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type 9v |
1933-12-14 |
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AD-9. Registered - Official Business. Received postmark from Washington, DC dated January 13, 1934
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Locy Type |
1936-10-29 |
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AD-9. Cachet by Walter G. Crosby
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Locy Type F |
1931-07-24 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type F |
1933-01-17 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type F |
1934-08-12 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type F |
1936-07-11 |
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AD-9. This postmark is on the back of a Independence Day cover postmarked from USS Pope DD-225.
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Locy Type F |
1934-07-04 |
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AD-9. Independence Day, cachet by C. Guy Cross
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Locy Type F |
1934-02-13 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type F |
1935-07-04 |
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AD-9
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Locy Type F |
1935-07-04 |
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AD-9. Firecracker package label used as a cachet.
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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