Asiatic Fleet 1930's scrapbook USS Black Hawk, Henderson

[Bob Hudson]

This was in a box sitting on the ground at a yard sale this morning. This sailor was in the Navy from 1929 to 1934 and and spent time on the USS Black Hawk, tender to  Destroyer Squadron 5 in China and the Philippines. There are a couple of items from the Henderson, but I don't know if he served in that or just went along for the ride. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bob Hudson]

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[Salvage Sailor]

Very nice Bob,

 

I have a small Black Hawk and Henderson photo collection circa mid 1930's

 

[Bob Hudson]

Here's a few closeups: you gotta love the $24.26 pay:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

That's pretty good for the depression years as it probably included 'Sea Pay' too.

[Bob Hudson]

I went back to the sale and found a document showing him "enlisting" again in November 1942. The photo shows him in a Merchant Marine officer's cap, so he did not rejoin the Navy. 

 

 

 

 

[Bob Hudson]

His two sons served in Vietnam - one Army, one Marines. You can see the whole family group at