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USS NIMITZ   (CVAN-68)
(later CVN-68)

Commanding Officers
CAPT Bryan Whitfield Compton Jr. (1) USNA 1951 12 July 1972 - 21 August 1976 RADM
CAPT Richard Tillman Gaskill USNA 1954 21 August 1976 - 12 February 1979 RADM
CAPT John Richard Batzler ? 12 February 1979 - 26 February 1982 RADM
CAPT Raymond Paul Ilg USNA 1960 26 February 1982 - 26 September 1984 VADM
CAPT Eugene Davidson Conner USNA 1957 26 September 1984 - 28 August 1987 RADM
CAPT Brent Martin Bennitt USNA 1964 28 August 1987 - 16 September 1989 RADM
CAPT Robert Charles Williamson, Jr. ? 16 September 1989 - 16 April 1992 RADM
CAPT John Bernard Nathman USNA 1970 16 April 1992 - 26 August 1994 ADM
CAPT Alfred Glen Harms Jr. ? 26 August 1994 - 8 November 1996 VADM
CAPT Isaac E. Richardson III ? 8 November 1996 - 8 June 1999 RADM
CAPT Steven Franklin Firks USNA 1974 8 June 1999 - 17 May 2002
CAPT Robert John Gilman USNA 1977 17 May 2002 - 23 November 2004
CAPT Ted N. ("Twig") Branch USNA 1979 23 November 2004 - 16 March 2007 RADM
CAPT Michael Charles Manazir USNA 1981 16 March 2007 - 22 August 2009 RADM (Sel.)
CAPT Paul O'Neal ("Mongo") Monger USNA 1982 22 August 2009 - present

Note 1: Photo and biography (page 1, 2) contributed by Robert M. Cieri. (Photo from the Atlantic Fleet Photographic Center, US Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA 23511.)

Special thanks to LCDR Brad Fagan, Public Affairs Officer, USS Nimitz (CVN-68);
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler

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