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Gunboat of the United States Navy
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
USS_Whitehead
Topics referred to by the same term
Livorno Whiteheads, another name for the wheat disease take-all USS Whitehead (1861–1865), American Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat Whitehead Eagles
Whitehead
1864 American Civil War naval battle
gunboats USS Mattabasett, USS Sassacus, USS Wyalusing and USS Miami, the converted ferryboat USS Commodore Hull, USS Ceres, USS Whitehead and USS Isaac N
Battle_of_Albemarle_Sound
forces at Plymouth, North Carolina, sank USS Southfield and drove off USS Miami, USS Ceres and USS Whitehead on April 18–19, 1864. On May 5, 1864, she
CSS_Cotton_Plant
Battle of the American Civil War in North Carolina
Independent Battery Naval: Lt. Cdr. Charles W. Flusser (k) USS Miami USS Southfield USS Ceres USS Whitehead USS Mattabesett US Army transport Bombshell Hoke's Division:
Battle_of_Plymouth_(1864)
USS Whitehead Acting Master Charles French — USS John L. Lockwood Acting Master G. W. Graves — USS Henry Brinker Acting Master John E. Giddings — USS Isaac
Roanoke Island order of battle
Roanoke_Island_order_of_battle
United States Navy sailor
state. By October 3, 1862, he was serving as an ordinary seaman on the USS Whitehead. On that day, during the Joint Expedition Against Franklin, Virginia
Edwin_Smith_(Medal_of_Honor)
guns USS Chicopee, gunboat, 974 tons, 10 guns USS Commodore Hull, gunboat, 376 tons, 6 guns USS Valley City, gunboat, 190 tons, 4 guns USS Whitehead, gunboat
Capture_of_Plymouth
1862 battle of the American Civil War in North Carolina
USS Louisiana, screw steamer USS Underwriter, screw steamer USS Valley City, screw steamer USS Whitehead, screw steamer USS Henry Brinker, screw steamer
Battle_of_Elizabeth_City
Coordinated military engagement of American Civil War
sent; USS Commodore Perry, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Flusser, USS Hunchback, commanded by Acting Lieutenant Edmund R. Colhoun, and USS Whitehead, commanded
Joint Expedition Against Franklin
Joint_Expedition_Against_Franklin
Confederate two-masted schooner
initially ignored by the Union fleet, but when she opened fire the USS Whitehead turned and closed in to attack. The crew abandoned ship, setting fire
CSS_Black_Warrior
PCE-856/PCE(R)-856) USS Whitehead (1861) USS Whitehurst (DE-634) USS Whiteside (AKA-90) USS Whitewood (YN-84/AN-63/AG-129) USS Whitfield (AKA-111) USS Whitfield
List of United States Navy ships: W–Z
List_of_United_States_Navy_ships:_W–Z
Gunboat of the United States Navy
gunboat USS Underwriter. On the first day of March, Southfield and tinclad USS Whitehead ascended the Chowan River to assist Army steamer USS Bombshell
USS_Southfield
ammunition. — Edwin Smith Navy Ordinary Seaman USS Whitehead USS Whitehead October 3, 1862 On board USS Whitehead in the attack upon Franklin, Virginia, 3 October
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: Q–S
List_of_American_Civil_War_Medal_of_Honor_recipients:_Q–S
Gunboat of the United States Navy
occupation of New Bern, North Carolina, on the 14th. On 23 April, with USS Whitehead and USS General Putnam, John L. Lockwood, blocked the mouth of the Chesapeake
USS_John_L._Lockwood
Gunboat of the United States Navy
Union Naval officer in the sounds. Smith in USS Mattabesett, followed by Sassacus, USS Wyalusing and USS Whitehead, immediately got underway and dashed toward
USS_Sassacus_(1862)
Steamer gunboat (in service 1861–1864)
February 1862. On 13 February 1862, Underwriter, USS John L. Lockwood, USS Shawsheen, and USS Whitehead proceeded up the North River, North Carolina, and
USS_Underwriter_(1852)
Union navy gunboat steamer in the American Civil War
Five days later she made the return passage towing damaged steamer USS Whitehead to New Bern, North Carolina, for repairs. Similar duty maintaining communications
USS_Isaac_N._Seymour
Military unit
Division attempted to reinforce the town via water transport, aboard the USS Whitehead, but river obstructions, including Confederate artillery batteries,
175th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
175th_Pennsylvania_Infantry_Regiment
America American Civil War: The schooner was captured by the gunboat USS Whitehead ( United States Navy) on 10 April off Newbegun Creek, North Carolina
List_of_shipwrecks_in_1862
Anti-submarine missile system
reached operational status in 1960, aboard the large US Navy destroyer leader USS Norfolk, its name was changed to ASROC. ASROC was deployed in 1961 and eventually
RUR-5_ASROC
English engineer (1823–1905)
Robert Whitehead (3 January 1823 – 14 November 1905) was an English engineer who was most famous for developing the first effective self-propelled naval
Robert_Whitehead_(engineer)
Highway in Hartford, Connecticut, US
he starred in football. On December 7, 1941, Whitehead was serving at Pearl Harbor on the battleship U.S.S. Arizona, which blew up and sank in the opening
Conland–Whitehead_Highway
USS Whitehead ( United States Navy) attacked her on the Pasquotank River on the coast of North Carolina. Unable to extinguish the fire, Whitehead's crew
List of shipwrecks in February 1862
List_of_shipwrecks_in_February_1862
American torpedo
Howell Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt
Mark_54_lightweight_torpedo
American television series
unaffected U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-151), must try to find a cure and save humanity. Eric Dane
The_Last_Ship_(TV_series)
US torpedo of WWII
and in a small field test aboard USS Raleigh. At Ralph Christie's urging, equatorial tests were later conducted with USS Indianapolis, which fired one hundred
Mark_14_torpedo
Self-propelled underwater weapon
Fulton's use of the term to describe his stationary mines, and later Robert Whitehead's naming of the first self-propelled torpedo. Surface-skimming incendiary
Torpedo
Lightweight antisubmarine torpedo
Mark 46 Mod 5A torpedo is inspected aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Mustin. A French Lynx helicopter carrying a Mk 46 torpedo. A P-8A Poseidon
Mark_46_torpedo
Submarine of the United States
USS Holland (SS-1) was the United States Navy's first submarine, although not its first underwater watercraft, which was the 1775 submersible Turtle.
USS_Holland_(SS-1)
Battleship of the United States Navy
USS Maine was a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April
USS_Maine_(1890)
First submarine builder for US Navy
prototype Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Shark A-7 USS Plunger moored beside the USS Shark in
Holland_Torpedo_Boat_Company
Anti-surface ship torpedo
another Whitehead model, the Mark 3. The Mark 2 was launched from battleships and torpedo boats. The first commissioned U.S. Navy submarine, USS Holland
Whitehead_Mark_2_torpedo
Watercraft capable of independent underwater operation
1984 joint operations with USS Pintado; and 1990 joint exercises with USS Seahorse. 6 May 1986 – USS Ray, USS Archerfish and USS Hawkbill meet and surface
Submarine
First United States Navy submarine station
submarine USS Holland (SS-1) underway Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Shark A-7 USS Plunger moored
Holland_Torpedo_Boat_Station
US Navy training ship in service 1942–1945
USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally named Seeandbee and was built as a Great
USS_Wolverine_(IX-64)
Aerial torpedo
Howell Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1 torpedo Whitehead Mark 1B torpedo Whitehead Mark 2 torpedo Whitehead Mark 2C torpedo Whitehead Mark 3 torpedo Bliss-Leavitt
Mark_13_torpedo
channels and briefly-seen text. In 2025, the episode "USS Callister" received a sequel episode titled "USS Callister : Into Infinity", marking it as the first
List_of_Black_Mirror_episodes
Island and city in Florida, United States
because a friend, John Whitehead, had drawn his attention to the opportunities presented by the island's strategic location. John Whitehead had been stranded
Key_West
British anthology television series
Outstanding Television Movie three times consecutively for "San Junipero", "USS Callister" and Bandersnatch. Black Mirror, along with American Horror Story
Black_Mirror
Historic district in Florida, United States
acres (16 km2), bounded by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Streets, and the Gulf of Mexico. It contains 187 historic buildings and
Key_West_Historic_District
Anti-surface ship torpedo
Problem XIII, "attacking" destroyers closed to within 500 yd (460 m) of USS Saratoga before being detected. Fleet Problem XV in 1934 placed the destroyer
Mark_15_torpedo
Anti-surface ship torpedo
May 21, 1917, the destroyer USS Ericsson reportedly fired a single torpedo at a German U-boat. Howell torpedo Whitehead torpedo Type 93 torpedo In a
Bliss-Leavitt_torpedo
Structure in Key West, Florida
is 18 feet (5.5 m) above sea level at the corner of South Street and Whitehead Street. The "southernmost point" was originally marked with a small sign
Southernmost_Point_Buoy
United States Navy steam-powered cruiser
USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She
USS_Olympia_(C-6)
United States Navy submarine military bases
USS Holland (SS-1) underway Whitehead torpedo loading into USS Adder A-2 USS Adder USS Moccasin A-4 torpedo room USS Plunger moored beside the USS Shark
United States Navy submarine bases
United_States_Navy_submarine_bases
2012 video game
Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), Iowa-class battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), fictional Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yukon, fictional Arleigh
Battleship_(2012_video_game)
1940 British operation during World War II
1983, p. 76. Whitehead 1995, p. 379. Whitehead 1995, p. 380. Whitehead 1999, p. 15. Whitehead 1995, p. 15. Whitehead 1999, p. 17. Whitehead 1995, pp. 380–384
Invasion_of_Iceland
Naval museum
the Whitehead and Howell designs to the modern Mk 48 and Mk 50 weapons, a Confederate mine, torpedo tubes from the ballistic missile submarine USS Tecumseh
United States Naval Undersea Museum
United_States_Naval_Undersea_Museum
Torpedo boat of the United States Navy
USS Cushing (Torpedo Boat #1/TB-1) was a torpedo boat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for William B. Cushing
USS_Cushing_(TB-1)
passengers, crew, and John Whitehead to Key West. Following his arrival, Whitehead explored the island. Key West's Whitehead Street, which runs roughly
History_of_Key_West
American heavyweight submarine-launched torpedoes
frigate IRIS Dena was sunk by one of the two Mark 48 torpedoes fired from USS Charlotte in international waters near the southern coast of Sri Lanka. Dena
Mark_48_torpedo
Type of warship intended to escort other larger ships
coasts. The first seagoing vessel designed to launch the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo was the 33-ton HMS Lightning in 1876. She was armed with two drop
Destroyer
English actor (born 1977)
until 2018. In 2002, Hardy appeared as the Reman Praetor Shinzon, a clone of USS Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. The following year
Tom_Hardy
PC-461-class submarine chaser
$60,000. On 17 October 1949, South Korea acquired the Ensign Whitehead (the former USS PC-823), then a training ship of the United States Merchant Marine
USS_PC-823
Small, fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle
spar torpedoes. Later evolutions launched variants of self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. Torpedo boats were (and still are) chiefly small inshore crafts
Torpedo_boat
Torpedo
based on a newly developed British 46-knot (85 km/h) 21-inch (53 cm) Whitehead torpedo. This weapon used a new double-action two-cylinder engine rather
61_cm_Type_90_torpedo
1943 Mount McKinley-class command ship
USS Wasatch (AGC-9) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain chain in northern Utah. She was designed as a cargo
USS_Wasatch
Russian admiral and scientist (1849–1904)
Batumi in the world's first successful attack using the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo. From 1879 to 1880, Makarov was part of the maritime contingent
Stepan_Makarov
1988–1989 American television miniseries
Wagner [de] as Heinrich Himmler Mills Watson as Chief Derringer Geoffrey Whitehead as Albert Speer Michael Wolf as Hermann Goering Robert S. Woods as Lt
War and Remembrance (miniseries)
War_and_Remembrance_(miniseries)
American disco group
sing on the debut album Village People. Songwriters Phil Hurtt and Peter Whitehead wrote the lyrics for the first album (Willis would subsequently take over
Village_People
Class of submarine chasers, primarily for the US Navy
the former USS PC-823. She was in service with the United States Merchant Marine Academy as a training ship under the name Ensign Whitehead in 1949 when
PC-461-class_submarine_chaser
American artistic gymnast (born 1997)
Biles was chosen as one of the sponsors of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, alongside Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky. They
Simone_Biles
Day of the year
Constitution of 1906. 1907 – The first ever ball drop in Times Square. 1942 – USS Essex, first aircraft carrier of a 24-ship class, is commissioned. 1942 –
December_31
detonated underwater. Two years later in Austria, the British engineer Robert Whitehead developed a compressed air "automotive" torpedo; capable of 6–8 knots
List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy
List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_United_States_Navy
Control loop feedback mechanism
Watt's conical pendulum governor. About this time, the invention of the Whitehead torpedo posed a control problem that required accurate control of the
PID_controller
Topics referred to by the same term
Bob Whitehead Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run, an Irish television gameshow Home Run (call sign) US Navy call sign for the Gearing-class destroyer USS Leary
Home_run_(disambiguation)
Simpson preparing to honor USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2004 History Chile Name Simpson Namesake Robert Winthrop Simpson Builder Howaldtswerke-Deutsche
Chilean submarine Simpson (1982)
Chilean_submarine_Simpson_(1982)
Staged attack by Nazi forces to invade Poland
Adolf Hitler : The Definitive Biography, ISBN 0-385-42053-6. Dennis Whitehead, "The Gleiwitz Incident", After the Battle Magazine Number 142 (March
Gleiwitz_incident
American side-wheel steamer gunboat
The first USS Miami was a side-wheel steamer, double-ender gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Miami was launched by Philadelphia
USS_Miami_(1861)
Puerto Rican actor and director (1912–1992)
faith, so prominent in the novel that it informed his judgments of the U.S.S. Caine's officers, was downplayed in the film, as Ferrer, being Puerto Rican
José_Ferrer
support of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. "The Story (Delayed Rescue)". the USS Indianapolis National Memorial. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019
List of unusual deaths in the 20th century
List_of_unusual_deaths_in_the_20th_century
American businessman and politician (1888–1969)
Irish-Catholic Family. Basic Books. pp. 498–. ISBN 978-0-7867-4016-1. Whitehead, Philip (October 11, 1992). "The bootleg politician: He could have anything
Joseph_P._Kennedy_Sr.
Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
twin airborne aircraft carrier U.S. Navy helium-filled rigids, the USS Akron and USS Macon respectively, and the 1937 burning of the German hydrogen-filled
Airship
American actor and mixed martial arts fighter
Heavyweight division. His next appearance was at UFC 57 where he defeated Mike Whitehead, another The Ultimate Fighter 2 competitor, by unanimous decision. In
Keith_Jardine
2026 expatriation event in Australia
aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers. On 13 February, Trump ordered the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and
Defection of Iran women's national football team
Defection_of_Iran_women's_national_football_team
USS Rocky Mount (AGC-3) was an Appalachian-class command ship in the United States Navy. Rocky Mount was laid down for the Maritime Commission on 4 December
USS_Rocky_Mount
Martadinata-class frigate
equipped with two triple 324 mm EuroTorp B515 torpedo tubes for A244/S Mod.3 Whitehead torpedoes. Her electronic system and sensors consisted of Thales Group
KRI_I_Gusti_Ngurah_Rai
Pre-dreadnought battleship class of the United States Navy
battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1890s. The two ships—USS Kearsarge and USS Kentucky—represented a compromise between two preceding battleship
Kearsarge-class_battleship
American servicemen in the Chaplain Corps awarded the Medal of Honor
the original on May 14, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025. "John Milton Whitehead | U.S. Civil War | U.S. Army | Medal of Honor Recipient". Congressional
List of Chaplain Corps Medal of Honor recipients
List_of_Chaplain_Corps_Medal_of_Honor_recipients
Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020. Whitehead, Jacob (19 February 2026). "Their town was destroyed 40 years ago. Now
List of accidents and disasters by death toll
List_of_accidents_and_disasters_by_death_toll
self-propelled torpedoes. The Whitehead torpedo was the first such weapon, and was designed in 1866 by British engineer Robert Whitehead. His 'mine ship' was an
History_of_submarines
Nuclear antisubmarine torpedo
45F never served with the USN, having been superseded by the Mark 48. The USS Scorpion, a Skipjack class submarine which was lost with all hands in 1968
Mark_45_torpedo
American acoustic torpedo
Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1561-2. Mk3-7 torpedo load, USS Torsk SS-423 SOVIET SEIZURE OF US PRACTICE TORPEDO Tom Pelick: A historical
Mark_37_torpedo
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
patent medicine company; the Western Specialty Manufacturing Company; and Whitehead & Hoag, which made celluloid novelties. Other tenants included an overflow
Flatiron_Building
Prussian-born American military officer (1730–1794)
"The Magnificent Fraud". American Heritage. Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen; Whitehead, James L. (1939). "Notes and Documents: The Autobiography of Peter Stephen
Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben
First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993
George and Barbara Bush attend the christening ceremony for the eponymous aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, 2006.
Barbara_Bush
Acoustic torpedo
Torpedo Mk 27 Mod 0". Retrieved 19 June 2013. Kurak, September 1966, p.145 "USS Pampanito - Mk 27 Torpedo". Archived from the original on 3 December 2010
Mark_27_torpedo
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
Newsweek Gardner 1986, p. 265. Miller 1987, p. 152. O'Brien 1966, p. 27. Whitehead 1987, p. 67. Gardner 1986, p. 270. "Martin Gardner Evaluates Dianetics"
L._Ron_Hubbard
French computer scientist and ufologist (born 1939)
Edwin C. May, Pat Price and Ingo Swann. In 1973, Doubleday editor Bill Whitehead introduced Vallée to Ira Einhorn, a close confederate of Puharich; their
Jacques_Vallée
immediately. US District Judge for the Western Washington District Court Jamal Whitehead temporarily blocks Trump's executive order to suspend the Refugee Admissions
2025_in_the_United_States
Branch of underwater warfare
In 1866, British engineer Robert Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo; French and German inventions
Anti-submarine_warfare
Native American woman (c. 1596 – 1617)
of William & Mary renamed for Pocahontas's Powhatan name in the 1920s The USS Princess Matoika, a Barbarossa-class ocean liner seized by the U.S. and used
Pocahontas
American diplomat and government official (1945–2025)
limited for removing the floating city, Armitage, aboard the destroyer escort USS Kirk, personally decided to lead the flotilla of ships over 1,000 miles (1
Richard Armitage (government official)
Richard_Armitage_(government_official)
City in Nevada, United States
Gorder, Verdi [pronounced VUR-die], Veterans Memorial, Warner, Westergard, Whitehead, and Sarah Winnemucca. (some schools included on this list are in Sparks)
Reno,_Nevada
American journalist and author (1937–2005)
Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020. Whitehead, Ron (March 11, 2005). "Hunter S. Thompson, Kentucky Colonel". Reykjaviks
Hunter_S._Thompson
American judge (born 1963)
service included time as a Surface Warfare Officer aboard the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. After
John_W._Holcomb
World War II Allied Occupation
Atlantic September 1939 – May 1943. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 74–79. Whitehead, Þór (2006). "Hlutleysi Íslands á hverfandi hveli" [Iceland's neutrality
Allied_occupation_of_Iceland
in October 1918 and Lieutenant in November 1919. His posting aboard the USS Oklahoma in 1921 required his wife and son to relocate to the ship's home
Life of L. Ron Hubbard from 1911 to 1950
Life_of_L._Ron_Hubbard_from_1911_to_1950
Street in Key West, Florida, USA
approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeastward to Grinnell Street from Whitehead Street at its southwest end. One of the oldest roads on the island, Caroline
Caroline_Street_(Key_West)
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