| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Whitehead |
| Launched: | 1861 |
| Commissioned: | 19 November 1861 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 June 1865 |
| Fate: | Sold at public auction, 10 August 1865 Destroyed by fire, 1 September 1872 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steam gunboat |
| Displacement: | 136 long tons (138 t) |
| Length: | 93 ft 2 in (28.40 m) |
| Beam: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Armament: | 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle |
USS Whitehead, a screw steamer built in 1861 at New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Whitehead was purchased by the Navy on 17 October 1861 at New York City from D. B. Martin, and commissioned on 19 November 1861, Acting Master Charles A. French in command.
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