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USS TARAWA   (CV-40)
(later CVA-40, CVS-40 and AVT-12)

Commanding Officers
Captain Alvin Ingersoll ("Bon Ami") Malstrom USNA 1922 8 December 1945 - 21 March 1947 RADM
Captain Josephus Asa Briggs, Sr. USNA 1923 21 March 1947 - 28 February 1948 RADM
Captain Howard Leyland ("Brigham") Young USNA 1923 28 February 1948 - 27 August 1948 RADM
Commander Raymond Cannon Needham USNA 1931 27 August 1948 - 30 June 1949 VADM
Decommissioned
Captain John Hook Griffin USNA 1925 3 February 1951 - 27 July 1951  
Captain Clifford Henderson ("Dutch") Duerfeldt USNA 1926 27 July 1951 - 3 July 1952 RADM
Commander Frank Kidder Upham II USNA 1934 3 July 1952 - 9 August 1952 CAPT
Captain Jack Pendleton Monroe USNA 1927 9 August 1952 - 8 August 1953 RADM
Captain William Oscar Burch, Jr. USNA 1927 8 August 1953 - 16 June 1954 RADM
Captain Stanley Carter Strong USNA 1929 16 June 1954 - 7 June 1955  
Captain John Patrick Rembert, Jr. USNA 1929 7 June 1955 - 13 June 1956  
Captain Harvey Paul Burden USNA 1930 13 June 1956 - 19 June 1957 RADM
Captain John Shannon USNA 1933 19 June 1957 - 25 January 1958  
Captain Cecil Kelly Harper USNA 1934 25 January 1958 - 7 January 1959  
Captain Charles Ford Garrison USNA 1933 7 January 1959 - 22 January 1960  
Commander Rufus Timothy Brinn USNR 1941 22 January 1960 - 13 May 1960  

Special thanks to Bob Atkinson, Historian, Editor "Tradewinds"; USS Tarawa Veterans' Association;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler


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