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USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64)
(later CVU-64)
(Ex-DIDRICKSON BAY)
Contributed and digitally enhanced by Wolfgang Hechler
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Wendell Gray ("Windy") Switzer | USNA 1921-A (1) | 31 October 1943 – 20 June 1944 | VADM |
| Captain Thayer Talbot Tucker | USNA 1923 | 20 June 1944 – 6 May 1945 | |
| Captain Louis Henry Hunte | USNA 1927 | 6 May 1945 – 30 April 1946 | RADM |
| Commander Robert Ernest Hess, Jr. | USNR? 1932 | 30 April 1946 – 22 May 1946 | |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain Raymond Neil Sharp | USNA 1930 | 5 January 1952 – September 1952 | RADM |
| Captain Forsyth Massey | USNA 1931 | September 1952 – July 1953 | RADM |
| Captain Carlton Charles Lucas | USNA 1931 | July 1953 – July 1954 | |
| ? | ? | July 1954 – July 1955 | ? |
| Captain Earl Russell Eastwold | USNA 1932 | July 1955 – 6 September 1956 | RADM |
| Captain James Elliott Owers | USNA 1934 | 6 September 1956 – 2 October 1957 | |
| Captain Harold Henry Larsen | USNA 1935 | 2 October 1957 – 25 November 1958 | |
| (1): Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921. [Back] | |||
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
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Last update: 6 September 2022