USS Weehawken (CM-12)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Weehawken |
| Namesake | Weehawken, New Jersey |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 504 |
| Launched | 6 November 1920, as SS Estrada Palma |
| Acquired | 15 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 1945 |
| Renamed | Weehawken (CM-12), 18 July 1942 |
| Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
| Honors & awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Damaged by typhoon, October 1945, and later scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Commercial car ferry / Minelayer |
| Displacement | 6,525 long tons (6,630 t) |
| Length | 350 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) |
| Installed power | 181 Nhp, 2,700 bhp (2,013 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 290 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Weehawken (CM-12) was originally SS Estrada Palma – a car ferry built in 1920 by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia. It was acquired by the United States Navy on 15 June 1942; renamed Weehawken on 18 July 1942; converted to a minelayer by the Bethlehem Steel Co. at Hoboken, New Jersey; designated CM-12; and commissioned on 30 September 1942.