Contributed by Mike Smolinski
(Larger image (359Kb) contributed by Steve Connelly)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Clifton Albert Frederick ("Ziggy") Sprague | USNA 1918 (1) | 24 November 1943 – 22 July 1944 | VADM |
| Captain Oscar Arthur ("Tex") Weller | USNA 1920 (2) | 22 July 1944 – 7 June 1945 | RADM |
| Captain Wendell Gray ("Windy") Switzer | USNA 1921A (3) | 7 June 1945 – 4 March 1946 | VADM |
| Commander Joseph Clinton ("Jumping Joe") Clifton | USNA 1930 | 4 March 1946 – 5 June 1946 | RADM |
| Commander John Lawrence Counihan, Jr. | USNA 1932 | 5 June 1946 – 17 September 1946 | CAPT |
| Commander Lewis Freedman | USNA 1934 | 17 September 1946 – 17 February 1947 | |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain Burnham Clough McCaffree | USNA 1926 | 10 September 1951 – 8 July 1952 | |
| Captain Ralph Sperry Clarke | USNA 1926 | 8 July 1952 – 1 August 1953 | RADM |
| Captain Patrick Henry, Jr. | USNA 1927 | 1 August 1953 – 5 May 1954 | |
| Captain David James Welsh | USNA 1929 | 5 May 1954 – 18 May 1955 | RADM |
| Captain Robert Wayne Denbo | USNA 1929 | 18 May 1955 – 6 June 1956 | RADM |
| Captain Raymond Cannon Needham | USNA 1931 | 6 June 1956 – 1 May 1957 | VADM |
| Captain Harmon Tischer Utter | USNA 1932 | 1 May 1957 – 24 July 1958 | |
| Captain Edward Herman Charles Fredericks | USNA 1933 | 24 July 1958 – 26 August 1959 | |
| Captain Carlyle Ingram | USNA 1934 | 26 August 1959 – 11 June 1960 | |
| Captain Constantine Arthur Karaberis | USNA 1935 | 11 June 1960 – 21 June 1961 | RADM |
| Captain William Francis Brewer | NAVCAD 1937 | 21 June 1961 – 16 June 1962 | |
| Captain Lee Wilson Mather | NAVCAD 1939 | 16 June 1962 – 19 June 1963 | |
| Captain Edward Robinson Fickenscher, Jr. | USNA 1940 | 19 June 1963 – 3 June 1964 | |
| Captain James Watson Conger | USNA 1942 | 3 June 1964 – 24 July 1965 | |
| Captain Gordon Ernest Hartley | USNR 1942 | 24 July 1965 – 23 July 1966 | |
| Captain Melvin Rheul Etheridge | USNA 1943 (4) | 23 July 1966 – 27 August 1967 | |
| Captain Harold George Bradshaw | USNR 1942 | 27 August 1967 – 12 January 1968 | |
| Captain Benjamin Colonna Tate | USNR 1943 | 12 January 1968 – 3 October 1968 | |
| Captain Samuel Morton Cooley, Jr. | USNA 1944 (5) | 3 October 1968 – 26 November 1969 | RADM |
| Captain John Fallon Gillooly | USNA 1945 (6) | 26 November 1969 – 25 November 1970 | |
| Captain Kenneth Hugh Lyons | USNA 1946 (7) | 25 November 1970 – 2 February 1972 | |
| Captain Forrest Dale ("Gooch") Goetschius | USNR 1952 | 2 February 1972 – 1 July 1972 | |
| (1): Graduated on 28 June 1917 with the Class of 1918. [Back] (2): Graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. [Back] (3): Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921. [Back] (4): Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (5): Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (6): Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] (7): Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [Back] | |||
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
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