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Commemorative cover sent from the US Navy ship USS Weehawken (a harbor tug, since decommissioned) in Honolulu, Hawaii, October 23, 1987.

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…

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.

Black and white photograph (1937) of Simon Lake, submarine inventor against the background of the Palisades in 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 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.

A brief history of the Civil War battleship Weehawken.

Colored photo postcard of the rocky Palisades and a large steamship passing by.

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

An article by Dana M. Wegner on the sinking of the Civil War ironclad ship Weehawken - from Civil War Times Illustrated - December 1972.