USS Whitehead

       Acting Master Charles A. French, Commanding

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Description: Wooden screw steamer

 

 

 

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Tonnage: 136 tons

 

Length: 93’1.5”

 

Beam: 19’9”

 

Draft: 8’

 

Purchased: 17 October 1861

 

From: D. B. Martin

 

Built: 1861 at New Brunswick, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IX-inch shell