Patch courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Adrian Ogle Rule, Jr. | USNA 1919 (1) | 26 November 1944 - 23 August 1945 | |
| Captain Harold Foster Fick | USNA 1920 (2) | 23 August 1945 - 28 February 1946 | RADM |
| Captain Nathan Starr Haines | USNA 1930 | 28 February 1946 - 31 July 1946 | |
| Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Addison Smith (Acting CO) | USNA 1935 | 31 July 1946 - 9 January 1947 | |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain Cecil Bachelder Gill | USNA 1925 | 15 January 1951 - 1 May 1952 | |
| Captain Paul Wesley Watson | USNA 1926 | 1 May 1952 - 15 May 1953 | RADM |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain Lamar Peyton Carver | USNA 1929 | 6 September 1955 - 15 November 1956 | RADM |
| Captain Frederick James Brush | USNA 1931 | 15 November 1956 - 18 December 1957 | RADM |
| Captain Burdette Eugene Close | USNA 1932 | 18 December 1957 - 5 February 1959 | |
| Captain David McCampbell | USNA 1933 | 5 February 1959 - 15 February 1960 | |
| Captain Harold Sydney Bottomley, Jr. | USNA 1937 | 15 February 1960 - 20 December 1960 | |
| Captain Marshall Ulrich Beebe | NAVCAD 1937 | 20 December 1960 - 16 December 1961 | |
| Captain George Clough Bullard | USNA 1938 | 16 December 1961 - 28 November 1962 | RADM |
| Captain Raymond Philip Kline | USNA 1939 | 28 November 1962 - 23 November 1963 | |
| Captain George Stephen Morrison | USNA 1941 | 23 November 1963 - 25 November 1964 | RADM |
| Captain William Roger McClendon | NAVCAD 1942 | 25 November 1964 - 9 December 1965 | RADM |
| Captain Gerard Francis Colleran | USNA 1943 (3) | 9 December 1965 - 9 March 1967 | |
| Captain Charles Kenneth ("Ken") Ruiz | USNA 1943 (3) | 9 March 1967 - 25 February 1968 | |
| Captain Theodore Piper Dankworth | USNA 1944 (4) | 25 February 1968 - 30 May 1969 | |
| Captain Dickson Wellington Alderton | USNA 1945 (5) | 30 May 1969 - 29 May 1970 | |
| Captain Frank Tafe Hemler | V-7 program 1944 | 29 May 1970 - 29 December 1970 | |
| Commander Donald Earl Reh | NROTC 1944 | 29 December 1970 - 2 July 1971 | |
| (1): Graduated on 6 June 1918 with the Class of 1919. [Back] (2): Graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. [Back] (3): Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (4): Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (5): Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Bon Homme Richard Association. Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Skip Duett.
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