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USS BELLEAU WOOD (CV-24)
(later CVL-24)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Alfred Melville Pride | USNRF 1918 (1) | 31 March 1943 – 11 April 1944 (2) | ADM |
| Captain John Perry | USNA 1920 (3) | 11 April 1944 – 26 January 1945 | VADM |
| Captain William Gosnell Tomlinson | USNA 1920 (3) | 26 January 1945 – 15 December 1945 | VADM |
| Captain John Broder Moss | USNA 1923 | 15 December 1945 – 13 August 1946 | VADM |
| Commander Edgar George ("Ozzie") Osborn | USNA 1935 | 13 August 1946 – 13 January 1947 | CAPT |
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(1) Served as a Machinist's Mate, later an Ensign in the Naval Reserve Corps in England
and France during World War I. He subsequently transferred to the U.S. Navy. [Back] (2) CFO Belleau Wood since 4 January 1943, then CO. (CFO = Connection Fitting Out / Physically on board for the commissioning and fitting out of a specified ship or activity.) [Back] (3) Graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. [Back] | |||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Skip Duett. Flight Quarters, The War Story of the U.S.S. Belleau Wood, donated by Dave Avery, M/Sgt USAF (retired). Photo of RADM Tomlinson thanks to Darryl Baker.
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Last update: 27 January 2023