Raynors HCA 2017-02
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WORDEN, John Lorimer (1818-1897) was a naval officer who was born in Westchester County, N.Y. He was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1834. During the Civil War he served as the commander of the MONITOR. He was wounded in the Monitor-Merrimack fight and later served in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He was appointed to the rank of Rear Admiral in 1872. He was superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1869 to 1874. Document Signed “John L. Worden, Rear Admiral & Superentendent” on engraved Naval Academy Diploma, 19” x 24”, issued to Edmund B. Underwood, May 21, 1873. Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853–April 12, 1928) was a Captain in the United States Navy. Born in California, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1873. He was Commandant, and therefore acting-Governor of American Samoa from May 5, 1903 to January 30, 1905. He retired in 1910 as Commodore. VG.
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