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USS NIMITZ   (CVAN-68)
(later CVN-68)

Commanding Officers

Photo & biography
contributed by Robert M. Cieri
(Photo from the Atlantic Fleet Photographic Center,
US Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA 23511)		 CAPT Bryan W. Compton Jr. 12 July 1972 - 21 August 1976
CAPT Richard T. Gaskill 21 August 1976 - 12 February 1979
CAPT John R. Batzler 12 February 1979 - 26 February 1982
CAPT Raymond P. Ilg 26 February 1982 - 26 September 1984
CAPT Eugene D. Conner 26 September 1984 - 28 August 1987
CAPT Brent M. Bennitt 28 August 1987 - 16 September 1989
CAPT Robert C. Williamson 16 September 1989 - 16 April 1992
CAPT John B. Nathman 16 April 1992 - 26 August 1994
CAPT Alfred G. Harms Jr. 26 August 1994 - 8 November 1996
CAPT Isaac E. Richardson III 8 November 1996 - 8 June 1999
CAPT Steven F. Firks 8 June 1999 - 17 May 2002
CAPT Robert J. Gilman 17 May 2002 - 23 November 2004
CAPT Ted N. Branch 23 November 2004 - 16 March 2007
CAPT Michael C. Manazir 16 March 2007 - present

Special thanks to LCDR Brad Fagan
Public Affairs Officer, USS Nimitz (CVN-68)

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