Samuel Greene

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Samuel Dana Greene (11 February 1839 – 11 December 1884) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Greene was appointed acting midshipman 21 September 1855. He was executive officer in Monitor during her classic battle with ironclad CSS Virginia 9 March 1862 and assumed command after Captain John Lorimer Worden was wounded. He was also executive officer in Monitor in the engagements in the James River, Virginia, April-May 1862, and when she foundered in a gale.

Commander Greene died 11 December 1884 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and was buried in Bristol, Rhode Island.

USS Greene (DD-266) was named for him.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.