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USS Yosemite (AD-19)


Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Towner Sr., George Crosby :VADM26 March 1944 - 22 August 1945
02CAPT. Gibbs, Robert Henry :RADM22 August 1945 - 8 December 1946
03CAPT. Benson, James Francis8 December 1946 - 12 November 1948
04CAPT. Longfellow, William Jenkins12 November 1948 - 14 September 1949
05CAPT. Templeton, Thomas Harry14 September 1949 - 16 September 1950
06CAPT. Larkin, Richard Alexander :RADM15 September 1950 - 19 January 1951
07CAPT. Stott, George Winfield19 January 1951 - 16 June 1952
08CAPT. Baldauf, Laurence Charles :RADM16 June 1952 - 17 June 1953
09CAPT. Olsen, Elliot17 June 1953 - 9 June 1954
10CAPT. Mitchell, Frank Paull :RADM9 June 1954 - 9 July 1955
11CAPT. Spahr Jr., Otto William9 July 1955 - 7 July 1956
12CAPT. Moore, Harry Grimshaw 7 July1956 - 24 May 1957
13CDR. Metzger, Robert Michael 24 May 1957 - 1 August 1957
14CAPT. Merrill, Sidney Douglas Buxton1 August 1957 - 1 November 1958
15CAPT. Shaffer, John Nevin :RADM1 November 1958 - 26 August 1959
16CAPT. Willman, Donald Erzinger26 August 1959 - 3 August 1960
17CAPT. Alford, Lodwick Huston3 August 1960 - 7 July 1961
18CAPT. Hubbell, Lester E. :RADM7 July 1961 - 13 July 1962
19CAPT. Gaddis, Walter Donald :VADM13 July 1962 - 7 July 1963
20CAPT. White, Robert Hastings 7 July 1963 - 2 July 1964
21CAPT. Smith, James Woodward2 July 1964 - 28 July 1965
22CAPT. Cruser III, Hanford Thornton28 July 1965 - 30 August 1966
23CAPT. Redgrave III, DeWitt Clinton30 August 1966 - 26 June 1967
24CAPT. Shrake, Francis B. 26 June 1967 - 16 December 1968
25CAPT. Morgiewicz, Daniel J.16 December 1968 - 13 July 1970
26CAPT. Fitzgerald, Jean 13 July 1970 - 10 August 1972
27CDR. Boyles, Harlan Henley10 August 1972 - 4 October 1972
28CAPT. Brunson, James Sylvester4 October 1972 - 24 April 1974
29CAPT. Yetman, William Raymond24 April 1974 - 25 August 1975
30CAPT. Hannegan, Frank Nebeker25 August 1975 - 7 March 1977
31CAPT. Donnelly, Richard Finlay :RADM7 March 1977 - 17 April 1979
32CAPT. Velazquez-Suarez, Francisco Antonio 17 April 1979 - 10 July 1981
33CAPT. Roberts, Tim Hal 10 July 1981 - 23 July 1983
34CAPT. Boyle, Francis J. July 1983 - 3 June 1985
35CAPT. Horn, Frank Gordon3 June 1985 - 31 July 1987
36CAPT. Weeks, Floyston Allan, 31 July 1987 - 11 July 1989
37CAPT. Bankert Jr., Harland R. 11 July 1989 - 2 August 1991
38CAPT. Tuck, Charles M. 2 August 1991 - July 1993
39LCDR. Salfer, Deborah L. July 1993 - 27 January 1994
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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