Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT Bryan Whitfield Compton Jr. (1) | USNA 1951 | 12 July 1972 - 21 August 1976 | RADM |
| CAPT Richard Tillman Gaskill | USNA 1954 | 21 August 1976 - 12 February 1979 | RADM |
| CAPT John Richard Batzler | NROTC 1955 | 12 February 1979 - 26 February 1982 | RADM |
| CAPT Raymond Paul Ilg | USNA 1960 | 26 February 1982 - 26 September 1984 | VADM |
| CAPT Eugene Davison Conner | USNA 1957 | 26 September 1984 - 28 August 1987 | RADM |
| CAPT Brent Martin Bennitt | USNA 1964 | 28 August 1987 - 16 September 1989 | VADM |
| CAPT Robert Charles ("Willie," "Willy") Williamson, Jr. | USNA 1967 | 16 September 1989 - 16 April 1992 | RADM |
| CAPT John Bernard ("Blackie"?) Nathman | USNA 1970 | 16 April 1992 - 26 August 1994 | ADM |
| CAPT Alfred Glen Harms Jr. | NROTC 1972? | 26 August 1994 - 8 November 1996 | VADM |
| CAPT Isaac Eugene Richardson III | NROTC 1973? | 8 November 1996 - 8 June 1999 | RADM |
| CAPT Steven Franklin Firks [Biography] | USNA 1974 | 8 June 1999 - 17 May 2002 | |
| CAPT Robert John Gilman | USNA 1977 | 17 May 2002 - 23 November 2004 | |
| CAPT Ted Nelson ("Twig") Branch [Biography] | USNA 1979 | 23 November 2004 - 16 March 2007 | VADM |
| CAPT Michael Charles Manazir [Biography] | USNA 1981 | 16 March 2007 - 24 August 2009 | RADM |
| CAPT Paul O'Neal ("Mongo") Monger | USNA 1982 | 24 August 2009 - 29 March 2012 | |
| CAPT Jeffrey Scott ("Doc") Ruth [Biography] | USNA 1986 | 29 March 2012 - 8 July 2014 | RADM |
| CAPT John Clinton ("Ringo") Ring [Biography] | NROTC 1988 | 8 July 2014 - 12 January 2017 | RADM |
| CAPT Kevin Paul ("Crash") Lenox [Biography] | NROTC 1990 | 12 January 2017 - 1 August 2019 | RADM |
| CAPT Maximilian ("Max") Clark [Biography] | USNA 1992 | 1 August 2019 - 29 July 2021 | RADM |
| CAPT Craig C. Sicola | NROTC 1994 | 29 July 2021 - 29 June 2023 | RADM (sel.) |
| CAPT Douglas Graber | OCS 1999 | 29 June 2023 - present | |
Note 1: Photo and biography (page 1, 2) contributed by Robert M. Cieri. (Photo from the Atlantic Fleet Photographic Center, US Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA 23511.) | |||
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