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USS SICILY (CVE-118)
(later AKV-18)
Patches contributed by Mike Smolinski (left) and Gerd Matthes (center, right)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Bennett Wood Wright | USNA 1925 | 27 February 1946 – April 1947 | |
| Captain William Miller, Jr. | USNA 1926 | April 1947 – August 1947 | RADM |
| Captain DeVere Lester Day | USNA 1925 | August 1947 – 24 May 1948 | |
| Captain Robert Burns Pirie | USNA 1926 | 24 May 1948 – 25 July 1949 | VADM |
| Captain Clifford Henderson ("Dutch") Duerfeldt | USNA 1926 | 25 July 1949 – 15 June 1950 | RADM |
| Captain John Smith ("Jimmy") Thach | USNA 1927 | 15 June 1950 – 11 August 1951 | ADM |
| Captain William Alton Schoech | USNA 1928 | 11 August 1951 – August? 1952 | VADM |
| Captain Almon Ellsworth Loomis | USNA 1929 | August? 1952 – 1953? | RADM |
| ? | ? | 1953? – 4 October 1954 | ? |
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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