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| Commanding Officers | |||
| Commander Donald Bradley ("Wu") Duncan | USNA 1917 | 2 June 1941 - 26 December 1941 | ADM |
| Commander John Jennings Ballentine | USNA 1918 (1) | 26 December 1941 - 13 April 1942 | ADM |
| Commander James Duke Barner | 1918 (2) | 13 April 1942 - 1 February 1943 | RADM |
| Captain James Horner McKay | USNA 1920 | 1 February 1943 - 18 July 1944 | |
| Captain Edward Orrick McDonnell | USNA 1912/ USNR 1920 (3) | 18 July 1944 - 5 December 1944 | VADM |
| Commander William Millage Nation (4) | USNA 1927 | 5 December 1944 - 27 August 1945 | RADM |
| Captain Lex Leroy Black | USNA 1928 | 27 August 1945 - 1 January 1946 | |
| Commander Charles H. Franklin | USNR 19?? | 1 January 1946 - 26 March 1946 | |
| (1): Graduated on 28 June 1917 with the Class of 1918. [Back] (2): Enlisted in the Navy in 1907. Got a commission as an Ensign in 1918. [Back] (3): Resigned in January 1920 and entered the active Reserve. [Back] (4): Promoted to Captain, date 20 March 1945. [Back] | |||
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Skip Duett; Ship's War History
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