
| Commanding Officers | ||||
![]() NS025948 | CAPT Rudolph Lee ("Roy") Johnson | USNA '29 | 1 October 1955–1 June 1956 | ADM |
| CAPT William Edward Ellis | USNA '30 | 1 June 1956–4 July 1957 | VADM | |
| CAPT Richard Lucius Kibbe | USNA '33 | 4 July 1957–24 July 1958 | ||
| CAPT Allen Mayhew ("Al") Shinn | USNA '32 | 24 July 1958–9 May 1959 | VADM | |
| CAPT Samuel Robbins Brown, Jr | USNA '34 | 9 May 1959–28 April 1960 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Emmett Riera | USNA '35 | 28 April 1960–16 June 1961 | RADM | |
![]() NS025948b | CAPT Donald Morison White | USNA '37 | 16 June 1961–4 June 1962 | RADM |
| CAPT Lawrence Raymond Geis | USNA '39 | 4 June 1962–4 May 1963 | RADM | |
| CAPT Dick Henry Guinn | USNA '41 | 4 May 1963–26 March 1964 | VADM | |
| 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 | RADM | |
| CAPT John Kingsman Beling | USNR | 7 May 1966–18 September 1967 | RADM | |
| CAPT Robert Bemus ("Bob") Baldwin | USNA '45a | 18 September 1967–11 December 1968 | ||
| CAPT James Wilson ("Bud") Nance | USNA '45 | 11 December 1968–25 November 1969 | ||
| CAPT Charles Frederick Demmler | (non-USNA grad) | 25 November 1969–13 November 1970 | ||
| CAPT Leonard Alexander ("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 | ||
![]() 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 1980–18 February 1982 | ||
| CAPT Bobby C. Lee | NAVCAD | 18 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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