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35k | Abraham Whipple, 1733-1819, American Revolutionary naval officer, b. Providence, R.I. In 1759-60, as captain of the privateer Game Cock in the French and Indian Wars, he captured numerous prizes. Whipple commanded the party of Rhode Islanders that captured and burned the British revenue cutter Gaspee in Narragansett Bay in 1772, one of the most provocative instances of resistance to the British in the pre-Revolutionary period. At the beginning of the American Revolution he was made commodore of Rhode Island's small fleet and then became fourth-ranking captain in the Continental navy. With the Columbus in 1776 he fought the first sea fight of the war. In 1778, Whipple, commanding the Providence, evaded the British blockade of Narragansett Bay and carried important government dispatches to France. His most daring exploit occurred in 1779 when, as commander of several vessels, he encountered the large, well-protected British Jamaica fleet. Whipple, concealing the guns of his flagship, the Providence, hoisted the British flag and fell in with the fleet for several days. Each night he cut out one of the merchant ships, manned it from his own crew, and sent it to an American port. Eight of the 11 captured ships reached port, making this one of the richest hauls of the war. In 1780 he was charged with the naval defense of Charleston, S.C.; the city fell and Whipple was captured and held prisoner for the rest of the war. | Bill Gonyo | |
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81k | USS Whipple (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15) undated color-tinted reproduction of a photograph by Enrique Muller, published on a "Polychrome" postal card by the American News Company of New York, Leipzig and Dresden. The card was printed in Germany. U.S. Naval Historical Center photograph. | Paul Rebold | |
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112k | Photo #: NH 41765, USS Whipple (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15) at anchor during the early 1900s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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39k | Photo #: NH 67476, USS Whipple (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15) photographed during the early 1900s. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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76k | Photo #: NH 41764, USS Whipple (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15) at anchor on 2 May 1907, probably in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Courtesy of Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsonian Institution. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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102k | Destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, Autumn 1907 These ships are (from left to right): USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14). Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Fred Weiss | |
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102k | Photo #: 19-N-60-10-17, destroyers at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, Autumn 1907. The destroyers in the foreground basin (from left to right): USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) and USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14). USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13) is at the end of the dock, at right, and USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat # 15) is hauled out on the marine railway at left. On the opposite side of the river are several torpedo boats of the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and their barracks ship, the old cruiser Atlanta. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | Tony Cowart | |
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98k | Photo #: NH 93693, Pacific Fleet Destroyers moored together at San Diego, California, circa 1909-1911. Photographed by the Arcade View Company, San Diego. These ships are (from left to right): USS Paul Jones or Perry (Destroyer # 10 or 11); USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); and USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15). The numeral "2", painted on some of these destroyers, indicates they are members of the Second Torpedo Division. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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73k | Photo #: NH 92185, The Pacific Fleet's "Big Five" torpedo craft at San Diego, California, prior to World War I. These destroyers include (from left to right): USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); and USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13). Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
| 123k | The USS Paul Jones (DD 10), USS Preble (DD 12), USS Whipple (DD 15), USS Truxton (DD 14) and USS Stewart (DD 13) in dry dock #2 at Mare Island on December 26, 1912. | Darryl Baker | |
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54k | Photo #: NH 93692, USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13) -- left center and USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) -- right at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1912-1913. Note that Stewart flies a 48-star National Ensign, while Whipple has a 13-star "boat" flag. Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1982. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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149k | U.S. Navy Destroyers at San Pedro, California, circa 1910-1914. The original photograph was published on a color-tinted postcard by the M. Kashower Company, Los Angeles, California, at about the time it was taken. These destroyers are (from left to right): USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); and USS Hull (Destroyer # 7). Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Fred Weiss | |
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56k | Photo #: NH 95193, USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) steaming out of San Diego harbor, California, prior to World War I. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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54k | Photo #: NH 92186, U.S. Pacific Fleet destroyers at Mazatlan, Mexico, 26 April 1914, keeping watch on the Mexican gunboat Morales (the two-funneled ship in the right center distance). The two destroyers nearest to the camera are (in no particular order): USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14) and USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15). Collection of Thomas P. Naughton, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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67k | Photo #: NH 41761, USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15) training a twin 18-inch torpedo tube mount installed just aft of the ship's after smokestack, 18 June 1918. Note telescopic sight on the torpedo tube mounting, and 6-pounder gun in the background. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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81k | Photo #: NH 43036, Philadelphia Navy Yard, destroyers awaiting decommissioning in the Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, during the Spring of 1919. Photographed by La Tour.dShips present are (from left to right): USS Isabel; four unidentified "750-ton" type destroyers; USS Preble (Destroyer # 12); USS Decatur (Destroyer # 5); USS Paul Jones (Destroyer # 10); USS Stewart (Destroyer # 13); USS Bainbridge (Destroyer # 1); USS Hopkins (Destroyer # 6); USS Hull (Destroyer # 7); USS Barry (Destroyer # 2); USS Worden (Destroyer # 16); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); and USS Dale (Destroyer # 4). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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113k | Photo #: NH 52105, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania destroyers awaiting decommissioning, in the Yard's Reserve Basin, 4 March 1919. Ships present include (from left to right): USS Lawrence (Destroyer # 8); USS Perry (Destroyer # 11); USS Whipple (Destroyer # 15); USS Truxtun (Destroyer # 14); and USS Worden (Destroyer # 16). Note Lawrence's after torpedo tube (with torpedo visible) and pattern camouflage; 48-star flags, radio masts and signal flags on several of these destroyers; and small craft moored to the ships' sterns. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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