Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
USS TARAWA (CV-40)
(later CVA-40, CVS-40 and AVT-12)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Alvin Ingersoll ("Bon Ami") Malstrom | USNA 1922 | 8 December 1945 - 21 March 1947 | RADM |
| Captain Josephus Asa Briggs, Sr. | USNA 1923 | 21 March 1947 - 28 February 1948 | RADM |
| Captain Howard Leyland ("Brigham") Young | USNA 1923 | 28 February 1948 - 27 August 1948 | RADM |
| Commander Raymond Cannon Needham | USNA 1931 | 27 August 1948 - 30 June 1949 | VADM |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain John Hook Griffin | USNA 1925 | 3 February 1951 - 27 July 1951 | |
| Captain Clifford Henderson ("Dutch") Duerfeldt | USNA 1926 | 27 July 1951 - 3 July 1952 | RADM |
| Commander Frank Kidder Upham II | USNA 1934 | 3 July 1952 - 9 August 1952 | CAPT |
| Captain Jack Pendleton Monroe | USNA 1927 | 9 August 1952 - 8 August 1953 | RADM |
| Captain William Oscar Burch, Jr. | USNA 1927 | 8 August 1953 - 16 June 1954 | RADM |
| Captain Stanley Carter Strong | USNA 1929 | 16 June 1954 - 7 June 1955 | |
| Captain John Patrick Rembert, Jr. | USNA 1929 | 7 June 1955 - 13 June 1956 | |
| Captain Harvey Paul Burden | USNA 1930 | 13 June 1956 - 19 June 1957 | RADM |
| Captain John Shannon | USNA 1933 | 19 June 1957 - 25 January 1958 | |
| Captain Cecil Kelly Harper | USNA 1934 | 25 January 1958 - 7 January 1959 | |
| Captain Charles Ford Garrison | USNA 1933 | 7 January 1959 - 22 January 1960 | |
| Commander Rufus Timothy Brinn | USNR 1941 | 22 January 1960 - 13 May 1960 | |
Special thanks to Bob Atkinson, Historian, Editor "Tradewinds"; USS Tarawa Veterans' Association;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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