NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive
Patch courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT Apollo Soucek | USNA 1921-B | 27 October 1945 - 2 March 1946 | VADM |
| CAPT Herbert Edward Regan | USNA 1922 | 2 March 1946 - 15 November 1946 | RADM |
| CAPT John Pinckney Wheeler Vest | USNA 1922 | 15 November 1946 - 7 November 1947 | |
| CAPT Thomas Binney Williamson | USNA 1923 | 7 November 1947 - 3 August 1948 | VADM |
| CAPT Harry Donald Felt | USNA 1923 | 3 August 1948 - 11 July 1949 | ADM |
| CAPT Clarence Eugene Ekstrom | USNA 1924 | 11 July 1949 - 27 July 1950 | VADM |
| CAPT William Virginius Davis, Jr. | USNA 1924 | 27 July 1950 - 28 July 1951 | VADM |
| CAPT Fitzhugh Lee | USNA 1926 | 28 July 1951 - 26 July 1952 | VADM |
| CAPT George Whelan Anderson, Jr. | USNA 1927 | 26 July 1952- 22 May 1953 | ADM (1) |
| CAPT John Smith ("Jimmy") Thach | USNA 1927 | 22 May 1953 - 23 April 1954 | ADM |
| Decommissioned | |||
| CAPT John Tucker ("Chick") Hayward | USNA 1930 | 6 April 1956 - 1 October 1956 | VADM |
| CAPT Thomas Walton Hopkins | USNA 1932 | 1 October 1956 - 2 October 1957 | |
| CAPT Frederick Lincoln Ashworth | USNA 1933 | 2 October 1957 - 3 July 1958 | VADM |
| CAPT Ralph Louis Shifley | USNA 1933 | 3 July 1958 - 8 August 1959 | VADM |
| CAPT Theodore Hugh Winters, Jr. [Biography] | USNA 1935 | 8 August 1959 - 10 June 1960 | |
| CAPT Edward William Hessel | USNA 1937 | 10 June 1960 - 16 July 1961 | |
| CAPT Edward Lee Anderson | USNA 1938 | 16 July 1961 - 1 June 1962 | |
| CAPT Walter Edward Clarke | NAVCAD 1940 | 1 June 1962 - 20 July 1963 | |
| CAPT Gerald Edward ("Jerry") Miller | USNA 1942 (2) | 20 July 1963 - 25 July 1964 | VADM |
| CAPT Malcolm Winfield Cagle | USNA 1941 | 25 July 1964 - 27 August 1965 | VADM |
| CAPT Charles Lee Burbage | USNA 1941 | 27 August 1965 - 28 August 1966 | |
| CAPT George Clyde Talley, Jr. | USNA 1944 (3) | 28 August 1966 - 7 January 1967 | VADM |
| CAPT James David ("Jig Dog") Ramage | USNA 1939 | 7 January 1967 - 12 January 1967 (4) | RADM |
| CAPT Martin George ("Butch") O'Neill | NAVCAD 1942 | 12 January 1967 - 20 June 1967 | |
| CAPT Gordon Seymour Hodgson | NROTC 1943 | 20 June 1967 - 21 August 1968 | |
| CAPT James Otis Mayo | USNR 1943 | 21 August 1968 - 9 September 1969 | RADM |
| CAPT Harry Seagrove Sellers | USNR 1945 | 9 September 1969 - 3 October 1970 | |
| CAPT John Edward Hansen | USNA 1946 (5) | 3 October 1970 - 10 September 1971 | |
| CAPT Charles John ("Jack") Youngblade | USNA 1949 | 10 September 1971 - 12 April 1973 | RADM |
| CAPT James Brendon Morin | NROTC 1949 | 12 April 1973 - 20 December 1974 | RADM |
| CAPT Crawford Alan Easterling | USNR 1951 | 20 December 1974 - 20 June 1976 | VADM |
| CAPT Richard Peter ("Deke") Bordone | USNA 1954 | 20 June 1976 - 13 June 1977 | |
| CAPT Everett Freemont Rollins, Jr. | USNR 1956 (6) | 13 June 1977 - 1 October 1977 | |
| (1) 16th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), 1961–1963. [Back] (2) Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942. [Back] (3) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (4) CAPT Ramage, Chief of Staff, CTF-77, filled in as the temporary CO when CAPT Tally was stricken by illness. [Back] (5) Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [Back] (6) Integrated into the regular Navy in 1958. Therefore, he was CAPT Everett F. Rollins, Jr., USN, at the time of his command. [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVB/CVA/CV-42 Reunion (http://www.ussfdrcv42reunion.com);
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Bill Gonyo; Larry Blumenthal
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