NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive
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| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT John Geraerdt Crommelin, Jr. | USNA 1923 | 14 July 1946 – 28 September 1947 | RADM |
| CAPT Robert Wade Morse | USNA 1922 | 28 September 1947 – 15 July 1948 | RADM |
| CDR Richard Oden Greene | USNA 1932 | 15 July 1948 – 20 August 1948 | CAPT |
| CAPT Joseph Lester ("Paddy") Kane | USNA 1923 | 20 August 1948 – 14 January 1949 | RADM |
| CAPT Richard Maxey Oliver | USNA 1923 | 14 January 1949 – 1 December 1949 | RADM |
| CAPT Howard Vaniman Hopkins [Biography] | USNA 1924 | 1 December 1949 – 16 December 1950 | RADM |
| CAPT Ralph Walter Dunstan Woods (1) | USNA 1923 | 16 December 1950 – 18 November 1951 | RADM |
| CAPT Robert Selden Purvis, Jr. | USNA 1926 | 18 November 1951 – 26 May 1952 | RADM |
| CAPT Herbert Lisle Hoerner | USNA 1927 | 26 May 1952 – 17 April 1953 | RADM |
| CAPT Wallace Bristol Mechling | USNA 1927 | 17 April 1953 – 19 February 1954 | |
| CAPT Doyle George Donaho | USNA 1927 | 19 February 1954 – 8 January 1955 | |
| CAPT James Graeme Lang | USNA 1930 | 8 January 1955 – 23 September 1955 | RADM |
| CAPT William Inman Martin | USNA 1934 | 23 September 1955 – 7 October 1955 | VADM |
| CAPT Allen Mayhew ("Al") Shinn | USNA 1932 | 7 October 1955 – 17 July 1956 | VADM |
| CAPT William Richard ("Killer") Kane | USNA 1933 | 17 July 1956 – 5 February 1957 (2) | |
| CAPT Geoffrey Percival Norman | USNA 1937 | 5 February 1957 – 7 April 1957 | |
| CDR Clem Brandon Connally | NAVCAD 1941 | 7 April 1957 – 3 October 1957 | CAPT |
| Commanding Officers of USS Arlington (AGMR-2) | |||
| (1) Biography of RADM Ralph W.D. Woods, @ Veteran Tributes website. [Back] (2) Captain W.R. Kane was killed in a plane crash, 5 Feb. 1957 (see Deck Log). [Back] | |||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler. Tom Pendergast, Secretary-Treasurer, USS Saipan CVL-48 Association
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