Contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT William Edward ("Bill") Ramsey | USNA 1953 | 18 October 1977 (1) - 10 February 1979 | VADM |
| CAPT James Howard Mauldin Jr. | USNR 1955 | 10 February 1979 - 3 July 1981 | |
| CAPT Edward William Clexton Jr. | USNA 1960 | 3 July 1981 - 6 July 1984 | VADM |
| CAPT Richard Chester Macke | USNA 1960 | 6 July 1984 - 18 October 1986 | ADM |
| CAPT Gary Laurence Beck | USNR 1961 | 18 October 1986 - 27 September 1988 | |
| CAPT Joseph John ("Quail") Dantone, Jr. | USNA 1964 | 27 September 1988 - 28 September 1990 | RADM |
| CAPT William V. Cross II | USNA 1967 | 28 September 1990 - 20 March 1993 | RADM |
| CAPT Alan Mark ("Vodka") Gemmill | NROTC 1968 | 20 March 1993 - 22 September 1995 | RADM |
| CAPT Gregory Charles Brown | USNA 1969 | 22 September 1995 - 26 August 1998 | |
| CAPT Harold Denby Starling II [Biography] | NROTC 1974 | 26 August 1998 - 13 October 2000 | VADM |
| CAPT Mark Thomas McNally | NROTC 1975 | 13 October 2000 - 26 April 2003 | |
| CAPT Charles Edward ("Grunt") Smith [Biography] | NROTC 197? | 26 April 2003 - 1 September 2005 | RADM |
| CAPT James Daniel Cloyd [Biography] | USNA 1979 | 1 September 2005 - 16 November 2007 | RADM |
| CAPT Dee Leon Mewbourne [Biography] | USNA 1982 | 16 November 2007 - 13 August 2010 | VADM |
| CAPT Marcus Aurelius Hitchcock [Biography] | USNA 1985 | 13 August 2010 - 19 July 2013 | RADM |
| CAPT Stephen Thomas ("Web") Koehler [Biography] | NROTC 1986 | 19 July 2013 - 18 November 2015 | ADM |
| CAPT Paul C Spedero, Jr. [Biography] | NROTC 1992 | 18 November 2015 - 9 August 2018 | RADM |
| CAPT Kyle Patrick Higgins | NFO 1992 | 9 August 2018 - 17 December 2020 | |
| CAPT Paul Francis Campagna | USMA 1993 (2) | 17 December 2020 - 23 March 2023 | |
| CAPT Christopher F. ("Chowdah") Hill | NROTC 1997 | 23 March 2023 - present | |
| (1) With the inauguration of the
first formal diary on 6 August 1975, the Precommissioning Unit was officially established. The Commanding
Officer, CAPT William E. Ramsey, USN, and the Executive Officer, CDR Edward W. Clexton, Jr., USN, reported
on 10 October 1975. [Back] (2) Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Interservice transfer in 1996. [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower official web site & Command History;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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