Fort Worden
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Fort Worden Historical State Park is located in Port Townsend, Washington, on 433 acres originally known as Fort Worden, a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps base constructed to protect Puget Sound from invasion by sea. Fort Worden was named after U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden, commander of USS Monitor during the famous Battle of Hampton Roads during the American Civil War.
Historic buildings at Fort Worden
Alexander's Castle at Fort Worden
The North Beach at Fort Worden.
369th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment retreat parade, May 1951
Port Townsend, Washington
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Port Townsend is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat and only incorporated city of Jefferson County.
Downtown Port Townsend, seen from the water
Klallam people during a Potlatch at Port Townsend, 1859, by James G. Swan
Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet and Port Townsend Bay
Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend