 USS Weehawken (CM-12)

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, Lt. Cmdr.