Contributed by Mike Smolinski
USS HORNET (CV-12)
(later CVA-12 and CVS-12)
| Commanding Officers | ||
 NS-02-cv12-d32c | CAPT Miles R. Browning | 29 November 1943–29 May 1944 |
| CAPT William D. Sample | 29 May 1944–9 August 1944 | |
| CAPT Austin Kelvin Doyle [Memorial] | 9 August 1944–1 August 1945 | |
| CAPT Charles R. Brown | 1 August 1945–14 February 1946 | |
| CAPT Charles F. Coe | 14 February 1946–14 August 1946 | |
| In Reserve | ||
| CAPT Francis L. Busey | 20 March 1951–30 April 1951 | |
| CDR G. C. Merrick | 30 April 1951–12 May 1951 | |
| Decommissioned | ||
 NS-02-cv12-d33c | CAPT Milton A. Nation | 11 September 1953–19 July 1954 |
| CAPT Frank A. Brandley | 19 July 1954–20 July 1955 | |
| CAPT Norwood A. Campbell | 20 July 1955–18 August 1956 | |
| CAPT William W. Hollister | 18 August 1956–12 August 1957 | |
 NS-02-cv12-d34c | CAPT Thomas F. Connolly | 21 August 1957–25 August 1958 |
| CAPT Marshall W. White | 25 August 1958–20 November 1959 | |
| CAPT Ernest E. Christensen | 20 November 1959–2 November 1960 | |
| CAPT David C. Richardson | 2 November 1960–18 October 1961 | |
 NS-02-cv12-d35c | CAPT Hoyt D. Mann | 18 October 1961–24 September 1962 |
| CAPT Ellis J. Fisher | 24 September 1962–25 September 1963 | |
| CAPT J. I. Hardy | 25 September 1963–15 July 1964 | |
| CAPT Mayo Addison Hadden, Jr. | 15 July 1964–1 July 1965 | |
 NS-02-cv12-d36c | CAPT W. M. Pardee | 1 July 1965–1 April 1966 |
| CAPT Van V. Eason | 1 April 1966–27 February 1967 | |
| CAPT Gordon H. Robertson | 27 February 1967–23 February 1968 | |
| CAPT Jackson A. Stockton | 23 February 1968–23 May 1969 | |
 NS-02-cv12-d37c | CAPT Carl J. Seiberlich | 23 May 1969–26 June 1970 |
Sources: USS Hornet Decommissioning Booklet. USS Hornet CV/CVA/CVS-12. USS Hornet Museum. Photo and biography of CAPT Doyle courtesy of Scott Owens.
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