Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain James Bennett Sykes | USNA 1919 (1) | 6 August 1944 - 30 June 1945 | RADM |
| Captain Boynton Lewis Braun | USNA 1921B | 30 June 1945 - 8 July 1946 | |
| Commander Lester Jay Stone | USNA 1934 | 8 July 1946 - 8 November 1946 | CAPT |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain David Bryan Young | USNA 1927 | 13 November 1952 - 20 August 1953 | |
| Captain William Alexander Sutherland | USNA 1927 | 20 August 1953 - 5 May 1954 | RADM |
| Captain William Francis ("Red") Raborn, Jr. | USNA 1928 | 5 May 1954 - 28 May 1955 | VADM |
| Captain Paul Foley, Jr. | USNA 1929 | 28 May 1955 - 31 May 1956 | RADM |
| Captain Robert Elmer Crowell Jones | USNA 1931 | 31 May 1956 - 24 June 1957 | |
| Captain William Mendinhall Ryon | USNA 1931 | 24 June 1957 - 3 July 1958 | |
| Captain James Richard Compton | USNA 1934 | 3 July 1958 - 28 August 1959 | |
| Captain French Wampler, Jr. | USNA 1935 | 28 August 1959 - 21 September 1960 | |
| Captain Robert Macky Ware | USNA 1937 | 21 September 1960 - 29 September 1961 | |
| Captain John Alexander Ferguson | USNR 1937 | 29 September 1961 - 28 September 1962 | |
| Captain Charles Edward Healy | NAVCAD 1938 | 28 September 1962 - 27 September 1963 | |
| Captain John Starr Hill | NAVCAD 1940 | 27 September 1963 - 29 September 1964 | |
| Captain Marvin Everett Barnett | NAVCAD 1940 | 29 September 1964 - 12 October 1965 | |
| Captain Wiley Basil Howell | USNR 1942 | 12 October 1965 - 28 October 1966 | |
| Captain Richard Graffy | USNR 1943 | 28 October 1966 - 20 November 1967 | |
| Captain Daniel Joseph Murphy, Sr. | NAVCAD 1944 | 20 November 1967 - 20 December 1968 | ADM |
| Captain William Ballard Barrow, Jr. | USNA 1944 (2) | 20 December 1968 - 9 October 1969 | |
| Captain William McCombe Callaghan, Jr. | USNA 1949 | 9 October 1969 - 15 January 1970 | RADM |
| (1): Graduated on 6 June 1918 with the Class of 1919. [Back] (2): Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Bennington Association;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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