USS Weehawken (CM-12)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Weehawken |
| Namesake: | Weehawken, New Jersey |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Launched: | 1920, as SS Estrada Polma |
| Acquired: | 15 June 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 December 1945 |
| Renamed: | Weehawken (CM-12), 18 July 1942 |
| Struck: | 3 January 1946 |
| Honors and 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) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Cramp vertical triple-expansion boilers, 2,700 bhp (2,013 kW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 290 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | • 3 × 3"/50 caliber guns • 4 × 20 mm guns |
USS Weehawken (CM-12) was originally 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 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, Lt. Cmdr. Ralph E. Mills, USNR, in command.
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