Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
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| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Francis Joseph McKenna | USNA 1921A (1) | 2 March 1946 - 16 April 1947 | RADM |
| Captain William Theodore Rassieur | USNA 1923 | 16 April 1947 - 15 January 1948 | RADM |
| Captain Curtis Stanton Smiley | USNA 1923 | 15 January 1948 - (December 1948)? | RADM |
| Captain Walter Victor Rudolph ("Bowser") Vieweg | USNA 1924 | (December 1948)? - 25 February 1950 | RADM |
| Commander Harlan Thode Johnson | USNA 1931 | 25 February 1950 - 16 June 1950 | RADM |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain Louis Eaton French | USNA 1926 | 15 February 1952 - 6 February 1953 | |
| Captain Thurston Booth Clark | USNA 1927 | 6 February 1953 - 19 December 1953 | |
| Captain Thomas Barbee Neblett | USNA 1927 | 19 December 1953 - 13 September 1954 | RADM |
| Captain William Leverette Kabler | USNA 1929 | 13 September 1954 - 10 September 1955 | RADM |
| Captain Edwin Otto Wagner | USNA 1930 | 10 September 1955 - 18 September 1956 | |
| Captain Ward Thorton Shields | USNA 1931 | 18 September 1956 - 23 September 1957 | |
| Captain Paul Edgar Emrick | USNA 1932 | 23 September 1957 - 30 August 1958 | |
| Captain William Arthur Dean, Jr. | USNA 1934 | 30 August 1958 - 26 June 1959 | |
| Captain Robert Lee Townsend | USNA 1934 | 26 June 1959 - 23 June 1960 | VADM |
| Captain Percival William Jackson | NAVCAD 1937 | 23 June 1960 - 23 June 1961 | RADM |
| Captain Louis Earle DeCamp | USNA 1938 | 23 June 1961 - 10 July 1962 | |
| Captain Eugene Parchman ("Gene") Rankin | USNA 1937 | 10 July 1962 - 3 July 1963 | |
| Captain Paul Nagle Gray | USNA 1941 | 3 July 1963 - 26 June 1964 | |
| Captain Charles Paul Muckenthaler, Jr. | NAVCAD 1942 | 26 June 1964 - 29 April 1965 | |
| Captain Merle Murray Hershey | NAVCAD 1942 | 29 April 1965 - 22 April 1966 | |
| Captain Willard Lloyd Nyburg | USNA 1942 (2) | 22 April 1966 - 24 March 1967 | |
| Captain Benjamin Colonna Tate | USNR 1943 | 24 March 1967 - 7 October 1967 | |
| Captain Creighton William Cook | USNA 1944 (3) | 7 October 1967 - 17 January 1969 | |
| Captain Leonard Maynard Nearman | USNR 1944 | 17 January 1969 - 13 February 1970 | |
| (1) Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921. [Back] (2) Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942. [Back] (3) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] | |||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Skip Duett.
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