Patch courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT Joseph Francis Bolger | USNA 1921-A (1) | 10 September 1945 - 12 January 1946 | VADM |
| CAPT Herbert Spencer Duckworth | USNA 1922 | 12 January 1946 - 18 July 1946 | VADM |
| CAPT John Perry Whitney | USNA 1922 | 18 July 1946 - 11 August 1947 | VADM |
| CAPT Albert Kellogg Morehouse | USNA 1922 | 11 August 1947 - 22 April 1948 | RADM |
| CDR Forsyth Massey | USNA 1931 | 22 April 1948 - 28 May 1948 | RADM |
| CDR Raymond Neil Sharp | USNA 1930 | 28 May 1948 - 7 September 1948 | RADM |
| CAPT Marcel Emil Alcan Gouin | USNA 1924 | 7 September 1948 - 8 August 1949 | VADM |
| CAPT Wallace Morris Beakley | USNA 1924 | 8 August 1949 - 1 July 1950 | VADM |
| CAPT Frederick Norman Kivette | USNA 1925 | 1 July 1950 - 8 March 1951 | VADM |
| CAPT Kenneth Craig | USNA 1926 | 8 March 1951 - 2 April 1952 | RADM |
| CAPT Frank O'Beirne | USNA 1926 | 2 April 1952 - 4 April 1953 | VADM |
| CAPT Clifford Steele Cooper | USNA 1927 | 4 April 1953 - 19 January 1954 | RADM |
| CAPT William Henry Ashford, Jr. | USNA 1927 | 19 January 1954 - 1 October 1954 | RADM |
| CAPT Reynold Delos Hogle | USNA 1929 | 1 October 1954 - 7 September 1955 | VADM |
| CDR Richard Spalding Rogers | USNA 1937 | 7 September 1955 - 14 October 1955 | CAPT |
| Decommissioned | |||
| CAPT Francis Edward Nuessle | USNA 1932 | 30 September 1957 - 2 June 1958 | RADM |
| CAPT John Thomas Blackburn | USNA 1933 | 2 June 1958 - 29 May 1959 | |
| CAPT James Haile Mini | USNA 1935 | 29 May 1959 - 15 June 1960 | RADM |
| CAPT Ralph Wynne Cousins | USNA 1937 | 15 June 1960 - 22 April 1961 | ADM |
| CAPT Robert George Dosé | USNR 1938 | 22 April 1961 - 21 April 1962 | |
| CAPT Roy Maurice Isaman | NAVCAD 1940 | 21 April 1962 - 25 January 1963 | RADM |
| CAPT Leroy Eugene Harris | USNA 1939 | 25 January 1963 - 25 January 1964 | |
| CAPT Whitney Wright | NAVCAD 1938 | 25 January 1964 - 19 December 1964 | |
| CAPT James Michael O'Brien | USNA 1943 (2) | 19 December 1964 - 15 February 1966 | |
| Decommissioned | |||
| CAPT Eugene James Carroll, Jr. | USNR 1945 | 31 January 1970 - 10 July 1971 | RADM |
| CAPT William Lawrence Harris, Jr. | USNA 1947 (3) | 10 July 1971 - 31 July 1972 | RADM |
| CAPT Sylvester Robert Foley, Jr. | USNA 1950 | 31 July 1972 - 7 September 1973 | ADM |
| CAPT Richard Joseph Schulte | USNR 1951 | 7 September 1973 - 26 March 1975 | |
| CAPT Lawrence Cleveland Chambers | USNA 1952 | 26 March 1975 - 20 October 1976 | RADM |
| CAPT Donald Linn Felt | USNA 1953 | 20 October 1976 - 27 February 1978 | RADM |
| CAPT Thomas Francis Brown III | USNR 1955 | 27 February 1978 - 7 September 1979 | RADM |
| CAPT Eddie Inman ("Hoagy") Carmichael | USNR 1956 | 7 September 1979 - 17 February 1981 | RADM |
| CAPT Robert Spencer ("Rupe") Owens | USNR 1957 | 17 February 1981 - 21 August 1982 | RADM |
| CAPT Charles Reynolds McGrail, Jr. | USNA 1957 | 21 August 1982 - 31 January 1984 | RADM |
| CAPT Harry Patrick Kober, Jr. | USNR 1958 | 31 January 1984 - 22 June 1985 | |
| CAPT Riley Dewitt Mixson | USNR 1959 | 22 June 1985 - 10 April 1987 | RADM |
| CAPT Richard Alexander Wilson | USNA 1963 | 10 April 1987 - 25 February 1989 | RADM |
| CAPT Bernard John Smith | USNA 1965 | 25 February 1989 - 12 June 1990 | RADM |
| CAPT Arthur Karl Cebrowski | NROTC 1964 | 12 June 1990 - 12 June 1991 | VADM |
| CAPT Larry Lee Ernst | NROTC 1966 | 12 June 1991 - 11 April 1992 (4) | |
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(1) Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921. [Back] (2) Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (3) Graduated on 5 June 1946 with the Class of 1947. [Back] (4) CDR John Forrest Schork (XO), USNA 1972, Officer in Charge (OiC) until closure of the ship's log, 8 August 1992 [Back] | |||
Sources: Troy Prince (MidwaySailor.com) & Chester Morris;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Bill Gonyo.
Photo of CAPT Duckworth courtesy of John Duckworth
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