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USS Whitehead

Built By: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Sailed: 1861

Commissioned: November 19, 1861

Decommissioned: June 29, 1865

 

Characteristics

Type: Screw Steamer

Displacement: 136 tons

Length: 93 feet 2 inches

Beam: 19 feet 9 inches

Draft: 8 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Armament

1 30-pounder Parrott Rifle

 

Battles

North Atlantic Blockading Squadron

Roanoke Island

Elizabeth City

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