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Mar 12, 1818 Mount Pleasant, New York, United States Died on 19 Dec 1897 (aged 79)
United States Navy admiral
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About John Lorimer Worden
- 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 two Union blockaders and damaged two others.
- After a four-hour battle, both ships withdrew, unable to pierce the other’s armour.
