The Wreck of the USS Weehawken

From Facebook  "United States Ironclads Wrecked Off Charleston, S.C.  (Keokuk, Weehawken and Patapsco)"  July 10, 2010.  E. Lee Spence.

He and Jim Batey made dives on these three wrecks in the 1960s and early 1970s.

The USS Weehawken cost $465,110.73.

The wreck is shown on the 1865 chart drawn by E. Willenbucher for the annual report of the Secretary of the Navy and is listed in Adrian Lonsdale's "Guide to Sunken Ships in American Waters."

About 130 tons of iron was removed from the wreck by Professor Maillefert's salvage company in 1873.  Spence and Batey examined the wreck after a commercial fisherman snagged his trawl net on it in 1966.Spence identified the ship at the site  based on vessel construction and location.

--Old B-Runner