Charles Winans Chipp (August 23, 1848 – c. September 12, 1881) was a United States Navy officer and explorer.

[1] Born in Kingston, New York, Chipp was educated at the United States Naval Academy in Newport, Rhode Island and Annapolis, Maryland.

After service in several other ships, Chipp was ordered to San Francisco to serve as executive officer[2] of USS Jeannette, with De Long commanding.

"[1] Jeannette reached St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia, on August 27, 1879, then headed north into the Chukchi Sea.

After the ship's crew trudged across the rugged ice to open water, they set out in three small boats toward the Siberian mainland.