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AD-15 Prairie
| USS Prairie (AD-15) Miscellaneous Memorabilia |
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 An early USS Prairie bookend. Base engraved May-27-1942. Courtesy Ed Velasquez. |
 Another early USS Prairie bookend. Matching bookend lost in New Orleans flood Courtesy Clifford A. Guidry Jr., for his father Clifford A. Guidry USS Prairie 1944. |
 USS Prairie brass on mahogany plaque. Courtesy Clifford A. Guidry Jr., for his father Clifford A. Guidry USS Prairie 1944. |
Ships patch |
 Ships patch commemorating fifty years service to the fleet. Contributed by Mike Smolinski |
 Drawing of USS Prairie and prairie schooner Contributed by Gene Briggs for his uncle Stanley Floyd Conley BMC USN Ret. USS Prairie |
USS Prairie (AD-15) Welcome Aboard pamphlet - 1983Contributed by Russ Padden, |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CAPT. John Beresford Wynn Waller :RADM | 05.08.1940 - 05.10.1941 |
| 02 | CAPT. Robert Walton Fleming | 05.10.1941 - 27.11.1942 |
| 03 | CAPT. Francis Paxton Old :VADM | 27.11.1942 - 05.07.1944 |
| 04 | CAPT. O. A. Kneeland | 05.07.1944 - 19.06.1945 |
| 05 | CAPT. Francis Stephenson Gibson | 19.06.1945 - 07.10.1945 |
| 06 | CAPT. Herbert Keeney Fenn | 07.10.1945 - 21.02.1946 |
| 07 | CAPT. Lewis Richard McDowell :RADM | 21.02.1946 - 15.11.1947 |
| 08 | CAPT. Forrest Close | 15.11.1947 - 27.11.1948 |
| 09 | CAPT. T. E. Kelly | 27.11.1948 - 29.10.1949 |
| 10 | CAPT. Joseph Bryan Renn :RADM | 29.10.1949 - 03.11.1950 |
| 11 | CAPT. Kenton Edson Price | 03.11.1950 - 14.03.1952 |
| 12 | CAPT. John Rowland McKnight Jr. :RADM | 14.03.1952 - 28.02.1953 |
| 13 | CAPT. James Hillman Newsome | 28.02.1953 - 15.08.1953 |
| 14 | CAPT. P. Kelsye | 15.08.1953 - 24.09.1953 |
| 15 | CAPT. Audley Lyne Warburton :RADM | 24.09.1953 - 12.03.1955 |
| 16 | CAPT. Robert S. Fahle | 12.03.1955 - 30.11.1956 |
| 17 | CAPT. Charles Maurice Sugarman | 30.11.1956 - 25.10.1957 |
| 18 | CAPT. Robert J. Ovrom | 25.10.1957 - 27.09.1958 |
| 19 | CAPT. Anton Renkl Gallaher | 27.09.1958 - 24.10.1959 |
| 20 | CAPT. Dwight Lyman Moody | 24.10.1959 - 28.09.1960 |
| 21 | CAPT. William Stephen Finn | 28.09.1960 - 03.05.1962 |
| 22 | CAPT. Kenneth Barth Brown | 03.05.1962 - 14.06.1963 |
| 23 | CAPT. Kenneth Steen | 14.06.1963 - 11.07.1964 |
| 24 | CAPT. John Blount Davis Jr. :RADM | 11.07.1964 - 05.03.1965 |
| 25 | CAPT. Robert Buel Pettitt | 05.03.1965 - 30.06.1966 |
| 26 | CAPT. Harry Risch Jr. | 30.06.1966 - 11.04.1967 |
| 27 | CAPT. Harry Cline Dittler Jr. | 01.04.1967 - 18.07.1968 |
| 28 | CDR. Donald Patrick Nellis | 18.07.1968 - 07.10.1968 |
| 29 | LCDR. Glenn D. Bates | 07.10.1968 - 22.10.1968 |
| 30 | CAPT. Russell Armin Vollertsen | 22.10.1968 - 13.12.1968 |
| 31 | CAPT. Robert D. Sante | 13.12.1968 - 09.01.1970 |
| 32 | CDR. R. G. Cooper | 09.01.1970 - 27.01.1970 |
| 33 | CAPT. Martin E. Soper | 27.01.1970 - 31.07.1971 |
| 34 | CAPT. James Own Lyon | 31.07.1971 - 25.01.1973 |
| 35 | CAPT. Russell Armin Vollertsen | 25.01.1973 - 13.09.1974 |
| 36 | CAPT. Floyd Robert Muck | 13.09.1974 - 17.12.1976 |
| 37 | CAPT. William A. Miller | 17.12.1976 - 09.12.1978 |
| 38 | CAPT. Raymond Earl Helms Jr. | 09.12.1978 - 22.11.1980 |
| 39 | CAPT. Guy Andre Archambault | 22.11.1980 - 24.11.1982 |
| 40 | CAPT. Steven James Duich | 24.11.1982 - 28.06.1985 |
| 41 | CAPT. Thomas Stephenson Althouse | 28.06.1985 - 24.06.1987 |
| 42 | CAPT. Michael Francis Landers | 24.06.1987 - 07.07.1989 |
| 43 | CAPT. Robert Leland Hattan | 07.07.1989 - 26.07.1991 |
| 44 | CAPT. Wilton Robert Stewart | 26.07.1991 - 26.03.1993 |
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