NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive
Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
(bluejacket.com)
| Commanding Officers | ||||
 NS025948 | CAPT Roy Lee Johnson | USNA 1929 | 1 October 1955–1 June 1956 | ADM |
| CAPT William Edward ("El Gropo") Ellis | USNA 1930 | 1 June 1956–4 July 1957 | VADM | |
| CAPT Richard Lucius Kibbe | USNA 1933 | 4 July 1957–24 July 1958 | RADM | |
| CAPT Allen Mayhew ("Al") Shinn | USNA 1932 | 24 July 1958–9 May 1959 | VADM | |
| CAPT Samuel Robbins Brown, Jr | USNA 1934 | 9 May 1959–28 April 1960 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Emmett Riera | USNA 1935 | 28 April 1960–16 June 1961 | RADM | |
 NS025948b | CAPT Donald Morison White | USNA 1937 | 16 June 1961–4 June 1962 | RADM |
| CAPT Lawrence Raymond Geis | USNA 1939 | 4 June 1962–4 May 1963 | RADM | |
| CAPT Dick Henry Guinn | USNA 1941 | 4 May 1963–26 March 1964 | VADM | |
| CAPT Michael Joseph Hanley, Jr. | USNA 1940 | 26 March 1964–27 March 1965 | ||
| CAPT Howard Shackleford ("Shack") Moore | USNA 1943 (1) | 27 March 1965–7 May 1966 | RADM | |
| CAPT John Kingsman Beling | NAVCAD 1943 | 7 May 1966–18 September 1967 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Bemus ("Bob") Baldwin | USNA 1945 (2) | 18 September 1967–11 December 1968 | VADM | |
| CAPT James Wilson ("Bud") Nance | USNA 1945 (2) | 11 December 1968–25 November 1969 | RADM | |
| CAPT Charles Frederick Demmler | USNR 1945 | 25 November 1969–13 November 1970 | ||
| CAPT Leonard Alexander ("Swoose") Snead II | USNA 1947 (3) | 13 November 1970–23 June 1971 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Francis ("Dutch") Schoultz | USNR 1946 | 23 June 1971–1 November 1972 | VADM | |
| CAPT James Benjamin ("Jim") Linder | USNA 1949 | 1 November 1972–10 May 1974 | RADM | |
 NS025948c | CAPT James Hernandez Scott | USNA 1949 | 10 May 1974–28 August 1975 | RADM |
| CAPT Joseph John ("Joe") Barth, Jr | USNR 1954 | 28 August 1975–26 August 1977 | RADM | |
| CAPT Peter Blake Booth | USNA 1956 | 26 August 1977–21 March 1979 | RADM | |
| CAPT Edwin Rudolph Kohn, Jr | USNR 1955 | 21 March 1979–19 August 1980 | VADM | |
| CAPT Clarence Ervin ("Skip") Armstrong, Jr | USNR 1957 | 19 August 1980–18 February 1982 | RADM | |
| CAPT Bobby Clyde Lee | USNR 1958 | 18 February 1982–30 April 1984 | RADM | |
| CAPT Daniel Peter March | USNA 1961 | 30 April 1984–10 December 1985 | RADM | |
| CAPT Timothy Wayne Wright | USNR 1960 | 10 December 1985–23 July 1987 | VADM | |
| CAPT John Anthony Pieno, Jr | AOCP 1962 | 23 July 1987–23 February 1989 | ||
| CAPT Louis Edward ("Tim") Thomassy, Jr | USNA 1962 | 23 February 1989–2 August 1990 | ||
| CAPT Robert Stanley Cole | NROTC 1963 | 2 August 1990–22 January 1992 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Lawrence ("Bunky") Johnson, Jr | OCAN 1966 | 22 January 1992–11 September 1993 | ||
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(1) Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (2) Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] (3) Graduated on 5 June 1946 with the Class of 1947. [Back] | ||||
Source: USS Forrestal (AVT-59) decommissioning booklet, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
With additional information from Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
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