In G.O. 43, issued April 4th, 1900, it was named after Rear Admiral John L. Worden, U.S. Navy, who was in command of the first "Monitor" in its fight with the Confederate ram "Merrimac" in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 8th and 9th, 1862, during the Civil War. The fort was built in 1897 and decommissioned in 1953.
Fort Worden has the distinction of being home to last large scale gun battery (Kinzie) to be constructed in Puget Sound.
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-Episode cover features a 1914 photograph showing men of the 63rd Company, Coast Artillery posing on the massive 12-inch gun on the equally as large disappearing carriage, complete with company dog, at Fort Worden's Battery Kinzie, gun pit 1. The cannon is resting in the firing position. Battry Kinzie opened in 1912 and was armed with the largest guns that were installed at Fort Worden. These two guns could fire one thousand pound shell over 10 miles, all in the name of defending Admiralty Inlet and the entrance to Puget Sound.

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