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USS VALLEY FORGE   (CV-45)
(later CVA-45, CVS-45 and LPH-8)

Commanding Officers
CAPT John Watts Harris USNA 1921-A (1) 3 November 1946 – 30 August 1947 RADM
CAPT Richard Waynick ("Bud") Ruble USNA 1923 30 August 1947 – 15 July 1948 VADM
CAPT Truman Johnson Hedding USNA 1924 15 July 1948 – 9 July 1949 VADM
CAPT Harry Brigham Temple USNA 1924 9 July 1949 – 21 April 1950 RADM
CAPT Lester Kimme Rice USNA 1924 21 April 1950 – 8 October 1950 RADM
CDR Ward Thornton Shields USNA 1931 8 October 1950 – 9 October 1950 (2) CAPT
CAPT Joseph Malcolm Carson USNA 1925 9 October 1950 – 27 July 1951 RADM
CAPT Oscar Pederson USNA 1926 27 July 1951 – 25 June 1952 RADM
CAPT Robert Ellington Dixon USNA 1927 25 June 1952 – 29 June 1953 RADM
CAPT Paul Wesley Watson USNA 1926 29 June 1953 – 8 September 1953 RADM
CAPT Charles Rudolph Fenton USNA 1929 8 September 1953 – 24 August 1954 RADM
CAPT Almon Ellsworth Loomis USNA 1929 24 August 1954 – 9 August 1955 RADM
CAPT Lowell Winfield Williams USNA 1931 9 August 1955 – 10 August 1956  
CAPT Thomas Benjamin Payne USNA 1931 10 August 1956 – 19 September 1957  
CAPT Clifford Morgan Campbell USNA 1933 19 September 1957 – 4 August 1958  
CAPT William Morgan McCormick USNA 1934 4 August 1958 – 18 August 1959 RADM
CAPT Elbert Miller Stever USNA 1935 18 August 1959 – 22 June 1960  
CAPT Hawley ("Monk") Russell NAVCAD 1937 22 June 1960 – 7 September 1960  
CAPT Clarence Agee Melvin USNA 1938 7 September 1960 – 16 September 1961  
Commanding Officers of USS Valley Forge (LPH-8)
(1) Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921  [Back]
(2) Due to illness of CAPT Rice  [Back]

Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler

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