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Black and white photo of the USS Weehawken (CM-12), originally the SS Estrada Polma, a car ferry built in 1920 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was acquired by the United States Navy on 15 June 1942; renamed Weehawken on…

A brief history of the Civil War battleship Weehawken.

The history of the USS Weehawken, a minelayer that served in World War II (the Big One).

This US Navy page has the complete, short history of the Union monitor USS Weehawken. The ship was launched in January 1863, saw combat that year and was lost in a storm in December of 1863, taking 30 officers and men to the briny deep. The page also…

For just $274.95, you can buy a kit to build a model of the Civil War monitor USS Weehawken. Another link from Bernie Zempolich, the official WTM scourer of the web for all things Weehawken.

More information on the USS Weehawken, a World War II mine laying ship. Contributed by Bernie Zempolich.

A resolution of the US Senate directing that it receives copies of all of the papers and reports regarding the sinking of the Union 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.

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…

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.