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Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
(bluejacket.com)

USS FORRESTAL   (CVA-59)
(later CV-59 and AVT-59)

Commanding Officers
CVA-59, Commanding Officers (1)
NS025948		CAPT Rudolph Lee ("Roy") Johnson USNA '29 1 October 1955–30 May 1956
CAPT William Edward Ellis USNA '30 30 May 1956–4 July 1957
CAPT Richard Lucius Kibbe USNA '33 4 July 1957–25 July 1958
CAPT Allen Mayhew ("Al") Shinn USNA '32 25 July 1958–9 May 1959
CAPT Samuel Robbins Brown, Jr USNA '34 9 May 1959–28 April 1960
CAPT Robert Emmett Riera USNA '35 28 April 1960–16 June 1961
CVA-59, Commanding Officers (2)
NS025948b		CAPT Donald Morison White USNA '37 16 June 1961–4 June 1962
CAPT Lawrence Raymond Geis USNA '39 4 June 1962–4 May 1963
CAPT Dick Henry Guinn USNA '41 4 May 1963–26 March 1964
CAPT Michael Joseph Hanley, Jr. USNA '40 26 March 1964–27 March 1965
CAPT Howard Shackleford ("Shack") Moore USNA '43 27 March 1965–7 May 1966
CAPT John Kingsman Beling USNR 7 May 1966–18 September 1967
CAPT Robert Bemus ("Bob") Baldwin USNA '45a 18 September 1967–11 December 1968
CAPT James Wilson ("Bud") Nance USNA '45 11 December 1968–20 November 1969
CAPT Charles Frederick Demmler (non-USNA grad) 20 November 1969–13 November 1970
CAPT Leonard A. ("Swoose") Snead II USNA '47 13 November 1970–23 June 1971
CAPT Robert F. ("Dutch") Schoultz NROTC '45 23 June 1971–1 November 1972
CAPT James Benjamin ("Jim") Linder USNA '49 1 November 1972–10 May 1974
CVA-59, Commanding Officers (3)
NS025948c		CAPT James Hernandez Scott USNA '49 10 May 1974–28 August 1975
CAPT Joseph J. ("Joe") Barth, Jr NAVCAD 28 August 1975–26 August 1977
CAPT Peter Blake Booth USNA '56 26 August 1977–21 March 1979
CAPT Edwin Rudolph ("Ned") Kohn, Jr USNA '55 21 March 1979–19 August 1980
CAPT Clarence E. ("Skip") Armstrong, Jr NAVCAD 19 August 1980–19 February 1982
CAPT Bobby C. Lee NAVCAD 19 February 1982–30 April 1984
CAPT Daniel Peter March USNA '61 30 April 1984–10 December 1985
CAPT Timothy W. Wright NAVCAD 10 December 1985–23 July 1987
CAPT John Anthony Pieno, Jr NAVCAD 23 July 1987–23 February 1989
CAPT Louis E. ("Tim") Thomassy, Jr USNA '62 23 February 1989–2 August 1990
CAPT Robert S. Cole NROTC 2 August 1990–22 January 1992
CAPT Robert Lawrence ("Bunky") Johnson, Jr O.C.A.P. 22 January 1992–11 September 1993

Source: USS Forrestal (AVT-59) decommissioning booklet, courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
With additional information from Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.

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