Contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers (CVL-49) | |||
| CAPT Frank Trenwith Ward, Jr. | USNA 1923 | 9 February 1947 – 9 June 1947 | VADM |
| CAPT Warren Kenneth Berner | USNA 1922 | 9 June 1947 – 3 July 1948 | |
| CAPT Dale Harris | USNA 1924 | 3 July 1948 – May 1949 | RADM |
| CAPT Albert Noble Perkins | USNA 1924 | May 1949 – July 1950 | |
| CAPT Bromfield Bradford Nichol | USNA 1924 | July 1950 – July 1951 | RADM |
| CAPT Theodore Ridenour Frederick | USNA 1926 | July 1951 – July 1952 | RADM |
| CAPT Leonard James ("Ham") Dow | USNA 1926 | July 1952 – 18 July 1953 | RADM |
| CAPT John Edward Clark | USNA 1927 | 18 July 1953 – 28 September 1954 | RADM |
| CAPT Thomas Payne Wilson | USNA 1929 | 28 September 1954 – October 1955 | |
| CAPT Edwin Totman Hughes | NAVCAD 1938 | October 1955 – 15 March 1956 | |
| Commanding Officers (CC-2) | |||
| CAPT John Lindsay Arrington II | USNA 1939 | 11 May 1963 – 18 December 1964 | |
| CAPT Francis John Fitzpatrick | USNA 1939 | 18 December 1964 – 9 December 1965 | RADM |
| CAPT Robert Hastings White | USNA 1940 | 9 December 1965 – 31 December 1966 | |
| CAPT Frank Maxim Romanick | USNR 1942 | 31 December 1966 – 10 August 1968 | |
| CAPT Henry Ehrman ("Tim") Thornhill, Jr. | USNA 1944 (1) | 10 August 1968 – 24 September 1969 | |
| CAPT Toria Joel Bratten, Jr. | USNA 1945 (2) | 24 September 1969 – 27 May 1970 | |
Notes:(1) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] | |||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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