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| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Francis Massie ("Frank") Hughes | USNA 1923 | 30 December 1944 – 1 August 1945 | RADM |
| Captain Wallace Morris Beakley | USNA 1924 | 1 August 1945 – 28 May 1946 | VADM |
| Commander Frank Marcel Slater (OiC) | USNA 1933 | 28 May 1946 – 28 July 1948 (1) | CAPT |
| Captain Arthur Sinclair Hill | USNA 1929 | 28 April 1951 – 31 July 1952 | |
| Captain James Henry Flatley, Jr. | USNA 1929 | 31 July 1952 – July 1953 | VADM |
| Captain Norwood Axtell Campbell | USNA 1930 | July 1953 – 15 January 1954 | |
| Commander William Garland Privette, Jr. | USNR 1938 | 15 January 1954 – 27 August 1954 | CAPT |
| (1):On 28 May 1946, Block Island
was placed in service, in reserve, at Portsmouth, Va. Shifting to Norfolk a few days later, she then
proceeded to Annapolis, Md., on 7 June to serve as a training ship for Naval Academy midshipmen, berthed
in the Severn River across from Reina
Mercedes. [Back] | |||
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
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