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The USS Cumberland was a 50 gun 3 masted frigate launched in 1842. She served in the Mexican War, patrolled the Mediterranean Sea three separate times, and patrolled the coast of Africa in order to suppress the slave trade. In 1862 it was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron where she was rammed and sunk by the CSS Virginia ( formerly Merrimack ) at the Battle of Hampton Roads. The Cumberland was credited with knocking out two of the Virginia's guns and her ram. Congress later recognized that the Cumberland did more damage to the CSS Virginia than the Monitor did.
One of the men who died aboard Cumberland was Navy chaplain John L. Lenhart, a Methodist minister. He was the first Navy chaplain to lose his life in battle.
One of the men who died aboard Cumberland was Navy chaplain John L. Lenhart, a Methodist minister. He was the first Navy chaplain to lose his life in battle.
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