USS Weehawken (1862)
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USS Weehawken
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| Name: | USS Weehawken |
| Builder: | Secor |
| Launched: | 5 November 1862 |
| Sponsored by: | Ms. Nellie Cornstock |
| Commissioned: | 18 January 1863 |
| Fate: | sunk at anchor, 6 December 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Passaic-class ironclad monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power: | 320 ihp (240 kW) |
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| Speed: | 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) |
| Complement: | 75 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × 15 in (380 mm) smoothbore gun, 1 × 11 in (280 mm) Dahlgren gun |
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| Notes: | Armor is iron. |
The first USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Weehawken was launched on 5 November 1862 at Jersey City, New Jersey by Zeno Secor & Company; sponsored by Ms. Nellie Cornstock; and commissioned on 18 January 1863, Captain John Rodgers in command.
Weehawken was an improved and enlarged version of Monitor. Accompanied by Iroquois and towed by Boardman, she departed New York on 18 January 1863, bound for Port Royal, South Carolina, and duty with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. The three vessels encountered gale force winds and high seas off the New Jersey coast on 20 January. Iroquois and Boardman headed for sheltered waters; but Rodgers pressed on in Weehawken. The Passaic ironclads differed from the original Monitor in having less deck overhang and a rounded lower hull. This enabled Weehawken — unlike her famous prototype — to ride out a heavy sea with relative ease. Rodgers reported that "the behavior of the vessel was easy, buoyant, and indicative of thorough safety." Weehawken put into Norfolk for minor repairs, leaving on 1 February in tow of screw steamer Lodona. She arrived at Port Royal on 5 February, and deployed in the blockade off Charleston, South Carolina.
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