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Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Commanding Officers
NS-02-cv12-d32c	CAPT Miles Rutherford Browning	USNA 1918 (1)	29 November 1943–29 May 1944	RADM
	CAPT William Dodge Sample	USNA 1919 (2)	29 May 1944–9 August 1944	RADM
	CAPT Austin Kelvin ("Artie") Doyle   [Memorial]	USNA 1920	9 August 1944–1 August 1945	ADM
	CAPT Charles Randall ("Cat") Brown	USNA 1921-B	1 August 1945–14 February 1946	ADM
	CAPT Charles Frederick Coe	USNA 1923	14 February 1946–14 August 1946	VADM
	In Reserve
	CAPT Francis Lee Busey	USNA 1926	20 March 1951–30 April 1951
	CDR Gorman Coady Merrick	USNA 1934	30 April 1951–12 May 1951	CAPT
	Decommissioned
NS-02-cv12-d33c	CAPT Milton Adolphus Nation	USNA 1927	11 September 1953–19 July 1954	RADM
	CAPT Frank Alvin Brandley	USNA 1929	19 July 1954–20 July 1955	RADM
	CAPT Norwood Axtell Campbell	USNA 1930	20 July 1955–18 August 1956
	CAPT William Wallace Hollister	USNA 1931	18 August 1956–12 August 1957
NS-02-cv12-d34c	CAPT Thomas Francis Connolly	USNA 1933	12 August 1957–25 August 1958	VADM
	CAPT Marshall William White	USNA 1934	25 August 1958–20 November 1959	RADM
	CAPT Ernest Edward Christensen	USNA 1934	20 November 1959–2 November 1960	RADM
	CAPT David Charles Richardson	USNA 1936	2 November 1960–18 October 1961	VADM
NS-02-cv12-d35c	CAPT Hoyt Dobbs Mann	USNA 1936	18 October 1961–24 September 1962
	CAPT Ellis Jay Fisher	USNA 1939	24 September 1962–25 September 1963
	CAPT John Ingolf Hardy	USNA 1940	25 September 1963–15 July 1964
	CAPT Mayo Addison Hadden, Jr.	NAVCAD 1942	15 July 1964–1 July 1965	RADM
NS-02-cv12-d36c	CAPT William McKnight Pardee	USNA 1943 (3)	1 July 1965–1 April 1966
	CAPT Van Vernon Eason, Jr.	NAVCAD 1941 (4)	1 April 1966–27 February 1967
	CAPT Gordon Hubbard Robertson	NAVCAD 1943	27 February 1967–23 February 1968
	CAPT Jackson Allison Stockton	USNA 1944 (5)	23 February 1968–23 May 1969
NS-02-cv12-d37c	CAPT Carl Joseph Seiberlich	USNR 1943 (6)	23 May 1969–26 June 1970	RADM
(1)  Graduated in June 1917, Class of 1918.  [Back] (2)  Graduated in June 1918, Class of 1919.  [Back] (3)  Graduated in June 1942, Class of 1943.  [Back] (4)  Enlisted in the USNR in May 1940. Attended flight school and was commissioned Ensign in 1941.  [Back] (5)  Graduated in June 1943, Class of 1944.  [Back] (6)  U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Commissioned in the USNR as an Ensign in April 1943.  [Back]

Sources: USS Hornet 195th Anniversary Booklet. USS Hornet CV/CVA/CVS-12. USS Hornet Museum.
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
Photo and biography of CAPT Doyle courtesy of Scott Owens.