Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain William Floyd ("Bush") Bringle | USNA 1937 | 27 April 1961 - 5 May 1962 (1) | ADM |
| Captain Walter Louis Curtis, Jr. | USNR 1938 | 5 May 1962 - 4 May 1963 | VADM |
| Captain Horace Hardaway Epes, Jr. | USNR 1941 | 4 May 1963 - 20 April 1964 | RADM |
| Captain John L Butts, Jr. [Biography] | USNR 1941 | 20 April 1964 - 29 May 1965 | RADM |
| Captain Martin Doan ("Red") Carmody | NAVCAD 1942 | 29 May 1965 - 18 July 1966 | RADM |
| Captain Paul Edward Pugh III | NAVCAD 1942 | 18 July 1966 - 28 August 1967 | RADM |
| Captain Donald Cooke ("Red Dog") Davis | USNA 1944 (2) | 28 August 1967 - 30 September 1968 | ADM |
| Captain John Franklin Davis | USNA 1944 (2) | 30 September 1968 - 15 November 1969 | |
| Captain Earl Francis Godfrey | USNR 1945 | 15 November 1969 - 12 April 1971 | |
| Captain Owen Henry ("Obie") Oberg | NAVCAD 1946 | 12 April 1971 - 5 June 1972 | RADM |
| Captain Marland Wesley ("Doc") Townsend, Jr. [Biography] | USNR (3) 1949 | 5 June 1972 - 15 November 1973 | |
| Captain Robert Edward Kirksey, Jr. | USNR 1953 | 15 November 1973 - 15 May 1975 | VADM |
| Captain Samuel Walton Hubbard, Jr. | USNR 1953 | 15 May 1975 - 20 November 1976 | RADM |
| Captain Edward Joseph ("Ned") Hogan, Jr. | USNA 1954 | 20 November 1976 - 30 June 1978 | RADM |
| Captain Walter Lewis Chatham | USNR 1956 | 30 June 1978 - 29 February 1980 | RADM |
| Captain Foster Schuler ("Tooter") Teague | USNR 1957 | 29 February 1980 - 25 August 1981 | |
| Captain Robert Charles Taylor, Jr. | USNR 1956 | 25 August 1981 - 27 May 1983 | |
| Captain David Neil Rogers | USNA 1959 | 27 May 1983 - 28 August 1984 | RADM |
| Captain Phillip Ray Wood | USNR 1959 | 28 August 1984 - 21 February 1986 | |
| Captain David Wesley Hoffman | USNA 1962 | 21 February 1986 - 21 February 1987 | |
| Captain Frank Lee Tillotson | USNA 1963 | 21 February 1987 - 27 April 1989 | RADM |
| Captain Daniel Lawrence Rainey, Jr. | NAVCAD 1965 | 27 April 1989 - 20 December 1991 | |
| Captain James Irwin Maslowski | NAVCAD 1965 (4) | 20 December 1991 - 25 June 1993 | RADM |
| Captain William Wilson ("Bear") Pickavance, Jr. | USNR 1968 | 25 June 1993 - 27 January 1995 | RADM |
| Captain Terry Edward Magee [Biography] | AOCS 1970 | 27 January 1995 - 31 July 1996 | |
| Captain Steven John Tomaszeski | USNA 1972 | 31 July 1996 - 31 July 1997 | RADM |
| Captain Jack Joseph Samar, Jr. | NROTC 1971 | 31 July 1997 - 28 January 1999 | |
| Captain Matthew William Tuohy | NROTC 1975 | 28 January 1999 - 27 May 2000 | |
| Captain Allen Garver Myers [Biography] | USAFA 1978 | 27 May 2000 - 1 August 2001 | VADM |
| Captain Thomas Anton Hejl | USNA 1977 | 1 August 2001 - 3 September 2002 | |
| Captain Robert Donel Barbaree, Jr. [Biography] | USNA 1977 | 3 September 2002 - 27 February 2003 | |
| Captain Thomas Anthony Parker | AOCS 1976 | 27 February 2003 - 2 June 2005 | |
| Captain Edward Patrick McNamee III | AOCS 1979 | 2 June 2005 - 18 May 2007 | |
| Captain Todd Allen Zecchin [Biography] | AVROC 1980 | 18 May 2007 - 12 May 2009 | |
| Notes: (1) CAPT Robert Emmett Riera was CO of PCU Kitty Hawk, 18 January 1960–8 February 1960. CAPT William F. Bringle was CO of PCU Kitty Hawk, 8 February 1960–Commissioning, and first CO of USS Kitty Hawk. [Back] (2) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (3) Aviation Midshipman, to rank of Ensign, 3 June 1949. [Back] (4) Entered the naval service as an enlisted man in January 1962. [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) website;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Bill Gonyo
CDR Doug Siegfried USN (Ret.) and the Tailhook Association, via Steve Whitby
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