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Photo #: NH 73421

Chaplain John L. Lenhart, USN


Portrait by Clayton Braun.
A Methodist Minister, John L. Lenhart became a Navy Chaplain in 1847. He was lost with USS Cumberland in the battle with CSS Virginia on 8 March 1862, the first Navy Chaplain to be killed in action.

Courtesy of the Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Navy.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 June 2001