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USS LEXINGTON   (CV-16)
(later CVA-16, CVS-16, CVT-16 and AVT-16)

Commanding Officers

NS-cv16-co01		 CAPT Felix Budwell Stump 17 February 1943 - 10 April 1944
CAPT Ernest W. Litch 10 April 1944 - 30 January 1945
CAPT Thomas Hinckley Robbins, Jr. 30 January 1945 - 18 November 1945
CAPT Bradford Ellsworth Grow 18 November 1945 - October 1946
  ? ? ? ? October 1946 - April 1947
Decommissioned

NS-cv16-co02		 CAPT Alexander Salley Heyward, Jr. 15 August 1955 - 4 October 1956
CAPT John Wendell Gannon 4 October 1956 - 19 September 1957
CAPT Burl Leonidas Bailey 19 September 1957 - 23 July 1958
CAPT James Robert Reedy 23 July 1958 - 16 June 1959

NS-cv16-co03		 CAPT Stanley E. Ruehlow 16 June 1959 - 8 July 1960
CAPT Stockton Birney Strong 8 July 1960 - 13 July 1961
CAPT Hart Dale Hilton 13 July 1961 - 18 July 1962
CAPT Lucien Cletus Powell, Jr. 18 July 1962 - 26 July 1963

NS-cv16-co04		 CAPT John M. Miller 26 July 1963 - 10 June 1964
CAPT Quentin Claiborne Crommelin 10 June 1964 - 9 June 1965
CAPT Gordon A. Snyder 9 June 1965 - 19 August 1966
CAPT Jack C. Heishman 19 August 1966 - 10 August 1967

NS-cv16-co05		 CAPT Edward W. Gendron 10 August 1967 - 10 January 1969
CAPT Wayne Elden Hammett 10 January 1969 - 26 March 1970
CAPT Cyrus F. Fitton 26 March 1970 - 14 April 1971
CAPT Jack E. Davis 14 April 1971 - 21 December 1972

NS-cv16-co06		 CAPT Charles Curtis Carter 21 December 1972 - 24 August 1973
CAPT Jack E. Davis 24 August 1973 - 8 November 1973
CAPT Donald E. Moore 8 November 1973 - 9 July 1975
CAPT Thornwell Frank Rush 9 July 1975 - 25 May 1977
CAPT Eugene B. ("Red") McDaniel 25 May 1977 - 30 November 1978

NS-cv16-co07		 CAPT Philip Edwin Johnson 30 November 1978 -    June 1980
CAPT William H. Green, Jr.    June 1980 -    December 1981
CAPT James W. Ryan    December 1981 - 28 January 1983
CAPT Harold J. Bernsen 28 January 1983 - 14 December 1984

NS-cv16-co08		 CAPT Paul Michael Feran 14 December 1984 - 20 December 1986
CAPT Haywood Galbraith ("Woodie") Sprouse 20 December 1986 - 28 May 1988
CAPT Carl Flack Logan 28 May 1988 - 18 December 1990
CAPT William H. Kennedy 18 December 1990 - 26 November 1991

Sources: USS Lexington Association; Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
Photos contributed by Robert M. Cieri

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