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USS ALTAMAHA   (ACV-18)
(later CVE-18 and CVHE-18)

Commanding Officers
Captain Jackson Rogers Tate USNR 1918 15 September 1942 - 14 October 1943 RADM
Captain Alfred Clarence Olney, Jr. USNA 1923 14 October 1943 - 28 February 1945 RADM
Commander William Alexander Sutherland, Jr.   (1) USNA 1927 28 February 1945 - 15 February 1946 RADM
Commander Fitzhugh Lee Palmer USNA 1936 15 February 1946 - 10 September 1946 CAPT
Lieutenant Commander Ralph Stanley Smyle USNR 1940 10 September 1946 - 27 September 1946 CDR
1.  Promoted to Captain on 20 March 1945.   [Back]

Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler. Skip Duett.


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