USS BLACK DD666 Images
Steaming at sea, circa 1968.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
from the Collections of the Naval
Historical Center
Crewmen working over the ship's side chipping paint, while she was at the Naval Station, San Diego, California, in November 1968. Note ratguard on the mooring line at left.
Photographed by PHCS Herman Schroeder,USN.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
from the Collections of the Naval
Historical Center.
Underway during the early 1950s, probably soon after she was re-commissioned in July 1951. The ship is still essentially in her late War II
configuration.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
from the Collections of the Naval
Historical Center.
Flagship of Commander Service Squadron THREE, with five Seventh Fleet destroyers alongside, circa 1962.
The destroyers are (from left to right):
USS
Ernest G. Small (DDR-838);
USS
Rupertus (DD-851);
USS
Trathen (DD-530);
USS
Cowell (DD-547); and
USS
Black (DD-666).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Refueling at sea from USS Eldorado(AGC-11), 14 November 1960.
Note boat cradles on Eldorado's deck, and life jackets worn by her crewmen.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph,
from the Collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
Insignia of USS
Black (DD-666)
This emblem was used during World War II.
Courtesy of Harrold F. Monning,
USS
Kidd Association, 1966.
U.S. Naval Historical Center
Photograph.