Patch courtesy of Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | ||||
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CAPT Earl Preston ("Buddy") Yates [Biography] | USNA 1944 (1) | 7 September 1968 - 3 September 1969 | RADM |
| CAPT Julian Strong Lake | USNR 1944 | 3 September 1969 - 4 September 1970 | VADM | |
| CAPT Ferdinand Brailler Koch | USNA 1946 (2) | 4 September 1970 - 1 October 1971 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Hugh Gormley [Biography] | USNA 1948-A (3) | 1 October 1971 - 30 November 1972 | RADM | |
| CAPT John Curtis Dixon Jr. | USNA 1949 | 30 November 1972 - 24 May 1974 | RADM | |
| CAPT William Alexander ("Bill") Gureck | NAVCAD 1950 | 24 May 1974 - 29 November 1975 | RADM | |
| CAPT John Robert Cummings Mitchell | USNA 1952 | 29 November 1975 - 14 May 1977 | ||
| CAPT Jerry Owen Tuttle | USNR 1956 | 14 May 1977 - 28 November 1978 | VADM | |
| CAPT Lowell Richard ("Moose") Myers [Biography] | USNR 1954 | 28 November 1978 - 27 June 1980 | RADM | |
| CAPT Diego Edyl ("Duke") Hernandez | NROTC 1955 | 27 June 1980 - 29 August 1981 | VADM | |
| CAPT Denny Bruce Cargill | NROTC 1958 | 29 August 1981 - 14 April 1983 | RADM | |
| CAPT Gary Francis Wheatley | USNA 1959 | 14 April 1983 - 5 September 1984 | RADM | |
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CAPT William Rankin McGowen | USNA 1959 | 5 September 1984 - 1 May 1986 | RADM |
| CAPT John Alden Moriarty | USNR 1960 | 1 May 1986 - 29 January 1988 | RADM | |
| CAPT Hugh Dennis Wisely [Biography] | NAVCAD 1961 | 29 January 1988 - 27 May 1989 | RADM | |
| CAPT Herbert A. Browne Jr. [Biography] | OCAN 1966 (4) | 27 May 1989 - 7 December 1990 | VADM | |
| CAPT John Philip Gay [Biography] | NAVCAD 1965 | 7 December 1990 - 6 March 1992 | ||
| CAPT Timothy Robert Beard | USNA 1966 | 6 March 1992 - 24 June 1993 | RADM | |
| CAPT J. R. (John Rudolph) Hutchison | USNA 1969 | 24 June 1993 - 27 January 1995 | ||
| CAPT Gerald Lee Hoewing [Biography] | NROTC 1971 | 27 January 1995 - 15 July 1996 | VADM | |
| CAPT Edward Joseph Fahy Jr. | USNA 1970 | 15 July 1996 - 9 December 1997 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robin Y. Weber | USNR 1969 | 9 December 1997 - 6 August 1999 | ||
| CAPT Michael Harold Miller [Biography] | USNA 1974 | 6 August 1999 - 23 October 2000 | VADM | |
| CAPT Maurice Stephen ("Moe") Joyce | USNR? 1974 | 23 October 2000 - 13 December 2001 | ||
| CDR James S. Gregorski (XO) in temporary command | NROTC? 1983 | 13 December 2001 - 17 December 2001 | CAPT | |
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CAPT Johnny Lee ("Turk") Green | NESEP 1978 (5) | 17 December 2001 - 12 February 2002 | |
| CAPT Ronald Holstein Henderson Jr. | AOCS 1977 | 12 February 2002 - 8 April 2004 | RADM | |
| CAPT Stephen George Squires | USNA 1979 | 8 April 2004 - 27 August 2004 | ||
| CAPT John William ("Fuzzy") Miller [Biography] | USNA 1979 | 27 August 2004 - 5 October 2004 | VADM | |
| CAPT Dennis Edward FitzPatrick | NROTC? 1981 | 5 October 2004 - 26 May 2006 | RADM | |
| CAPT Todd Allen Zecchin [Biography] | AVROC 1980 | 26 May 2006 - 23 March 2007 | ||
| Decommissioned | ||||
| CAPT Ronald Bradley Robinson (XO), Officer in Charge [Biography] | USNA 1983 | 23 March 2007 - 24 July 2007 | ||
| (1) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (2) Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [Back] (3) Graduated on 6 June 1947 with the first half of the Class of 1948. [Back] (4) Enlisted in 1964. [Back] (5) Enlisted in 1970. Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP). [Back] | ||||
Sources: Public Affairs Office, USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67);
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
Left-column photos contributed by Robert M. Cieri.
Photos and biographies of Captains Wisely,
Browne, Gay, Beard, Robinson and Zecchin contributed by Bob Haner.
Biography of RADM Gormley courtesy of RADM Samuel J. Cox, USN (Ret.)
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