Contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | ||||
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CAPT Charles Thomas Booth, II | USNA 1931 | 10 August 1957 – 5 March 1958 | VADM |
| CAPT Paul Douglas Buie | USNA 1933 | 5 March 1958 – 23 May 1959 | RADM | |
| CAPT Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler | USNA 1935 | 23 May 1959 – 4 June 1960 | ADM | |
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CAPT Donald Gay, Jr. | USNA 1937 | 4 June 1960 – 5 May 1961 | RADM |
| CAPT William Nicholas ("Bill") Leonard | USNA 1938 | 5 May 1961 – 7 May 1962 | RADM | |
| CAPT George Chamberlain Duncan [Biography] | USNA 1939 | 7 May 1962 – 20 May 1963 | ||
| CAPT William Edward Lemos | USNA 1941 | 20 May 1963 – 28 May 1964 | RADM | |
| CAPT Alton Barger Grimes | USNA 1942 (1) | 28 May 1964 – 10 May 1965 | ||
| CAPT Leo Bob McCuddin | USNR 1942 | 10 May 1965 – 7 June 1966 | RADM | |
| CAPT William Max Harnish | USNA 1943 (2) | 7 June 1966 – 20 October 1966 | RADM | |
| CAPT William Eugene Donnelly, Jr. | USNA 1944 (3) | 20 October 1966 – 27 March 1968 | ||
| CAPT William Harold ("Tag") Livingston | USNR 1943 | 27 March 1968 – 28 June 1969 | RADM | |
| CAPT Joseph Park ("Joe") Moorer, Jr. | USNA 1945 (4) | 28 June 1969 – 20 June 1970 | VADM | |
| CAPT Joseph Lustrat ("Joe") Coleman | NAVCAD 1944 | 20 June 1970 – 3 September 1971 | RADM | |
| CAPT Henry Peter ("Hank") Glindeman, Jr. | USNA 1946 (5) | 3 September 1971 – 21 May 1973 | RADM | |
 Bottom row, left, is CAPT Walter (not William) J. Davis, Jr. |
CAPT Allen Edward ("Boot") Hill | AMP 1950 | 21 May 1973 – 22 November 1974 | RADM |
| CAPT John Lewis Nicholson, Jr. | USNR 1953 | 22 November 1974 – 17 September 1976 | ||
| CAPT Douglas Robert McCrimmon | USNA 1955 | 17 September 1976 – 17 June 1978 | ||
| CAPT Thomas George Moore | NAVCAD 1954 | 17 June 1978 – 22 May 1979 | ||
| CAPT Van Franklin Westfall (6) | USNR 1957 | 22 May 1979 – 28 May 1979 | ||
| CAPT Roger Elden Box | USNA 1956 | 28 May 1979 – 20 October 1980 | RADM | |
| CAPT Daniel Arthur Pedersen | NAVCAD 1957 | 20 October 1980 – 11 June 1982 | ||
| CAPT Anthony Albert ("Tony") Less | USNR 1960 | 11 June 1982 – 8 July 1983 | VADM | |
| CAPT Arthur Hugh Fredrickson | USNR 1957 | 8 July 1983 – 3 July 1985 | ||
| CAPT Walter Jackson Davis, Jr. | NROTC 1959 | 3 July 1985 – 8 May 1987 | VADM | |
| CAPT Donald Wilson Baird | USNR 1962 | 8 May 1987 – 8 July 1988 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Philip ("Burner Bob") Hickey, Jr. | NROTC 1964 | 8 July 1988 – 13 February 1990 | RADM | |
| CAPT Ernest Edward Christensen, Jr. | USNA 1964 | 13 February 1990 – 21 August 1991 | RADM | |
| CAPT Dennis Vincent McGinn | USNA 1967 | 21 August 1991 – 10 July 1993 | VADM | |
| (1) Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942. [Back] (2) Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (3) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (4) Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] (5) Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [(Back) (6) XO, acting CO. [(Back) | ||||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler, with additional info from John Slaughter ("USS Ranger History & Memorial")
Photo groups contributed by Robert M. Cieri.
Photo of CAPT Harnish courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical
Museum, via Darryl Baker.
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