“He directed me to take command.  I assisted in leading him to a sofa in his cabin.”  Dr. Logue examined his eyes, succeeded in removing tiny scales of iron and a small quantity of paint, and then made cold applications to his eyes.”

Following the battle, only Worden left the ship for hospitalization in Washington.  The other two patients returned to duty the following day.  Worden, it turned out, proved to be the only serious casualty of the battle, permanently losing the sight in one eye and incurring a disfiguring scar on his face.