From the Civil War Daily Gazette Blog Jan. 16th.
Jan. 16, 1862
John Worden, 42, one of the Union's first prisoners at Fort Pickens and held by Confederates for 7 months, was appointed to command the highly experimental ironclad Monitor.
Construction on the ship had begun in October and the ship was floating by now. On Jan. 11th, Worden was ordered to take command of the ship which he did on the 16th. The Monitor's turret was in place, but empty. The designer John Ericsson had wanted two 12-inch guns in it. None were available and Worden arranged for two 11-inch Dahlgrens.
That Cheesebox on a Raft. --Old B-Runner
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