USS Whipple , a Clemson-class destroyer was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Captain Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), who served in the Continental Navy.
USS Whipple circa 1921
A torpedo from Whipple striking USS Langley.
USS Whipple at Sydney, 1942.
USS Smith Thompson (DD-212) was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1919 to 1936. She was intentionally sunk following a collision with USS Whipple (DD-217), in July 1936.
Smith Thompson in the summer of 1935