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Ship Board Postal Cover - USS Weehawken
Commemorative cover sent from the US Navy ship USS Weehawken (a harbor tug, since decommissioned) in Honolulu, Hawaii, October 23, 1987.
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Song: The Battle for Charleston Harbor
This Civil War song sheet celebrates the heroism of the Union ironclads, led by the Weehawken, in the battle of Charleston.THE BATTLE AT CHARLESTON HARBOR By A. ANDERSON, PHILADELPHIA.TUNE AS SUNG TO NAPOLEON'S GRAVE.On the seventh day of April, in…
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Stamped Envelopes from the Nuclear Submarine Alexander Hamilton
These envelopes bear the commemorative cachet of the nuclear missile submarine SSBN-617, otherwise known as the USS Alexander Hamilton. They are postmarked 1973, and 1965.
Tags: Hamilton - Burr Duel, Ships
Submarine Inventor Simon Lake in Weehawken
Black and white photograph (1937) of Simon Lake, submarine inventor against the background of the Palisades in Weehawken.
Tags: People, Ships, Transportation
Telegram to President A Lincoln re Monitor Weehawken
This telegram from Major General John Dix to President Abraham Lincoln regarding movements of Union Ironclad ships, including the USS Weehawken. Found by Bernie Zempolich.
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The Ericsson Devil and the Weehawken
This engraving (first published in an 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly) shows the USS Weehawken, a Civil War armored ship, fitted with a new fangled device for the clearing of mines from the harbor of Charleston, SC.
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The Palisades on the Hudson, Near Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard of the rocky Palisades and a large steamship passing by.
Tags: Palisades, Ships, Waterfront
The USS Weehawken
The history of the USS Weehawken, a minelayer that served in World War II (the Big One).
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The Weehawken's Fearful Accident
An article by Dana M. Wegner on the sinking of the Civil War ironclad ship Weehawken - from Civil War Times Illustrated - December 1972.
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Along the Hudson Boulevard
Undated colored photo postcard of Hudson Boulevard, along what we call Kennedy Boulevard today, west of Weehawken's Boulevard East. John C. Voigt Post…