Lieutenant John L Worden was the first commander of the ship, including in its famous five-hour fight against the CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads. (When Worden was injured during the battle, his executive officer, Samuel D. Greene, took command.
Captain John L. Worden was the Commander of the USS Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads against the Virginia.
The Union ironclad USS Monitor was referred to as a "cheesebox on a raft".
The USS Monitor.
They weren't. They were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was built from the hull of the USS Merrimac, which was sunk and burned by the Union when they left the shipyard.
They weren't. They were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was built from the hull of the USS Merrimac, which was sunk and burned by the Union when they left the shipyard.
The Confederates claimed the victory in that a cannon shot hit the USS Monitor's pilot house. This temporarily blinded Captain John Worden, forcing the Monitor to withdraw. As an aside, US President Lincoln was later able to meet the Union captain and congratulate him.
USS Monitor was created on 1862-02-25.
Kathryn Janeway was not a captain of the USS Enterprise. She was captain of the USS Voyager.Christopher Pike was a former captain of the USS Enterprise.
$275,000 was spent for the construction of the USS Monitor.
Captain John L. Worden was the Commander of the USS Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads against the Virginia.
He was the captain of the USS Maine
The USS Monitor was commissioned on January 30, 1862.
The USS Monitor was built in a shipyard in New York. Its designer was John Ericsson, an inventor for the Union.
the uss monitor was used once in battle and then sunk shortly after in a wavy storm.
Captain Thomas Truxton was the first captain of the USS Constellation. The ship was the best the US had at the time in 1799.
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft".
The cost of building the USS Monitor was $275,000. This was a large amount of money for 1861.