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 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)
Installed power	181 Nhp, 2,700 bhp (2,013 kW)
Propulsion	2 × William Cramp & Sons 3-cylinder triple expansion 2 shafts
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	290 officers and enlisted
Armament	3 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns 4 × 20 mm guns

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.