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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…

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…

This undated paper by William Ray Heitzman of Villanova University was distributed by the Weehawken Historical Society. It describes the exploits of the Union monitor Weehawken. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Engraving of Weehawken Bluff, with Highwood in the distance. In the foreground, two boats are engaged in transporting a large load of salt hay, a valuable crop used for insulation, construction and as packing material. Harvested in salt marshes, it…