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John Lorimer Worden

John Lorimer Worden
John Lorimer Worden - Mathew Brady - left photograph.jpg
Born (1818-03-12)March 12, 1818
Mount Pleasant, New York
Died December 19, 1897(1897-12-19) (aged 79)
Washington, D.C.
Place of burial Pawling, New York
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Navy
Union Navy
Years of service 1834–1886
Rank USN Rear Admiral rank insignia.jpg Rear Admiral
Commands held USS Monitor
USS Montauk
United States Naval Academy
European Squadron
Battles/wars Mexican–American War
American Civil War

John Lorimer Worden (March 12, 1818 – October 19, 1897) was a U.S. Navy officer in the American Civil War, who took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first-ever engagement between ironclad steamships at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 March 1862.

Commanding the Union’s only warship of this class, USS Monitor, Worden challenged the Confederate vessel Virginia, a converted steam-frigate that had sunk a Union blockader and damaged two others. After a four-hour battle, both ships withdrew, unable to pierce the other’s armour.

Worden was born in Scarborough, New York. He grew up in Swartwoutville, Dutchess County, New York, and was married to Olivia Toffey, the aunt of Daniel Toffey, captain's clerk of the USS Monitor. He was appointed midshipman in the Navy on January 10, 1834. He served his first three years in the sloop-of-war Erie on the Brazil Station. Following that, he was briefly assigned to the sloop Cyane before he reported to the Naval School at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for seven months of instruction. He returned to sea in July 1840 for two years with the Pacific Squadron.


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