USS Weehawken
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History | |
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United States | |
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) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
Armor | |
Notes | Armor is iron. |
The first USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after Weehawken, New Jersey.