Patch courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
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| Commanding Officers | |
| Captain Adrian O. Rule | 26 November 1944 - 23 August 1945 |
| Captain Harold F. Fick | 23 August 1945 - 28 February 1946 |
| Captain Nathan S. Haines | 28 February 1946 - 31 July 1946 |
| Decommissioned | |
| Captain Cecil B. Gill | 15 January 1951 - 1 May 1952 |
| Captain Paul W. Watson | 1 May 1952 - 15 May 1953 |
| Decommissioned | |
| Captain Lamar P. Carver | 6 September 1955 - 15 November 1956 |
| Captain Frederick J. Brush | 15 November 1956 - 18 December 1957 |
| Captain Burdette E. Close | 18 December 1957 - 5 February 1959 |
| Captain David McCampbell | 5 February 1959 - 15 February 1960 |
| Captain Harold S. Bottomley, Jr. | 15 February 1960 - 21 December 1960 |
| Captain Marshall U. Beebe | 21 December 1960 - 16 December 1961 |
| Captain George C. Bullard | 16 December 1961 - 28 November 1962 |
| Captain R. P. Kline | 28 November 1962 - 23 November 1963 |
| Captain George S. Morrison | 23 November 1963 - 25 November 1964 |
| Captain William R. McClendon | 25 November 1964 - 9 December 1965 |
| Captain Gerard F. Colleran | 9 December 1965 - 9 March 1967 |
| Captain Charles K. Ruiz | 9 March 1967 - 25 February 1968 |
| Captain Theodore P. Dankworth | 25 February 1968 - 30 May 1969 |
| Captain Dickson W. Alderton | 30 May 1969 - 29 May 1970 |
| Captain Frank T. Hemler | 29 May 1970 - 29 December 1970 |
| Commander Donald E. Reh | 29 December 1970 - 2 July 1971 |
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