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Patch at left courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
Patch at right contributed by Mike Smolinski.

USS AMERICA   (CVA-66)
(later CV-66)

Commanding Officers
CAPT Lawrence Heyworth, Jr. USNA 1943 (1) 23 January 1965 - 20 July 1966 RADM
CAPT Donald Davenport ("Don") Engen USNR 1943 20 July 1966 - 31 July 1967 VADM
CAPT Frederick Charles ("Fox") Turner USNR 1944 31 July 1967 - 4 October 1968 VADM
CAPT Richard Edwards Rumble USNA 1945 (2) 4 October 1968 - 20 December 1969 RADM
CAPT Thomas Bibb ("Tom") Hayward USNA 1948-A (3) 20 December 1969 - 2 November 1970 ADM (3)
CAPT Thomas Beckwith Russell, Jr. USNR 1945 2 November 1970 - 7 April 1972 RADM
CAPT Burton Hale Shepherd USNR 1949 7 April 1972 - 11 April 1973 RADM
CAPT Thomas Harvey Replogle USNR 1951 11 April 1973 - 29 September 1974 RADM
CAPT Daniel Gilbert McCormick III USNR 1954 29 September 1974 - 7 April 1976 RADM
CAPT Robert Byron ("By") Fuller USNA 1951 7 April 1976 - 17 April 1978 RADM
CAPT William Frederick Meyer USNR 1955 17 April 1978 - 23 August 1979
CAPT Rene Wesley ("Sam") Leeds USNR 1957 23 August 1979 - 11 February 1981
CAPT James Francis ("Yank") Dorsey, Jr. NAVCAD 1956 11 February 1981 - 30 July 1982 VADM
CAPT Denis Thomas Schwaab USNR 1957 30 July 1982 - 3 February 1984 RADM
CAPT Leighton Warren ("Snuffy") Smith, Jr. USNA 1962 3 February 1984 - 2 July 1985 ADM
CAPT Richard Charles Allen USNR 1961 2 July 1985 - 28 February 1987 VADM
CAPT James Anthony ("Jim") Lair USNR 1962 28 February 1987 - 13 August 1988 RADM
CAPT John Joseph ("JJ") Coonan, Jr. NROTC 1966 13 August 1988 - 14 October 1989
CAPT John James ("Maz") Mazach NROTC 1966 14 October 1989 - 8 February 1991 VADM
CAPT Kent Walker Ewing NROTC 1965 8 February 1991 - 8 August 1992
CAPT William Winston ("Mad Dog") Copeland, Jr. AVROC 1967 8 August 1992 - 25 February 1994 RADM
CAPT Ralph Edward ("Benny") Suggs NAOCP 1970 25 February 1994 - 21 September 1995 RADM
CAPT Robert Eugene Besal ? 1972? 21 September 1995 - 30 September 1996 RADM

(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 6 June 1947 with the first half of the Class of 1948. 21st Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), 1 July 1978 – 30 June 1982  [Back]

Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler

Left column photos contributed by Robert M. Cieri

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