Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
USS TARAWA (CV-40)
(later CVA-40, CVS-40 and AVT-12)
| Commanding Officers | |
| Captain Alvin Ingersoll Malstrom | 8 December 1945 - 21 March 1947 |
| Captain Josephus Asa Briggs, Sr. | 21 March 1947 - 28 February 1948 |
| Captain Howard Leyland Young | 28 February 1948 - 27 August 1948 |
| Commander Raymond Cannon Needham | 27 August 1948 - 30 June 1949 |
| Decommissioned | |
| Captain John Hook Griffin | 3 February 1951 - 27 July 1951 |
| Captain Clifford Henderson Duerfeldt | 27 July 1951 - 3 July 1952 |
| Commander Frank Kidder Upham II | 3 July 1952 - 9 August 1952 |
| Captain Jack Pendleton Monroe | 9 August 1952 - 8 August 1953 |
| Captain William Oscar Burch, Jr. | 8 August 1953 - 16 June 1954 |
| Captain Stanley Carter Strong | 16 June 1954 - 7 June 1955 |
| Captain John Patrick Rembert, Jr. | 7 June 1955 - 13 June 1956 |
| Captain Harvey Paul Burden | 13 June 1956 - 19 June 1957 |
| Captain John Shannon | 19 June 1957 - 25 January 1958 |
| Captain Cecil Kelly Harper | 25 January 1958 - 7 January 1959 |
| Captain Charles Ford Garrison | 7 January 1959 - 22 January 1960 |
| Commander Rufus Timothy Brinn | 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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