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USS Sabine (AO-25)


Commanding Officers
01CDR. Strother Jr., Edmund Weyman5 December 1940 - 21 October 1940
02LCDR. Harrison, Drayton21 October 1940 - 5 November 1940
03CDR. Maples, Houston Ledbetter5 November 1940 - 14 December 1942
04CDR. Riggs Jr., Whitaker Forcha14 December 1942 - 18 April 1943
05CAPT. Junker, Alexander Foster18 April 1943 - 6 March 1944
06CDR. Von Weien, Hans Claus6 March 1944 - 11 March 1946
07CAPT. Mitchell, Ray Andes11 March 1946 - 24 September 1946
08CAPT. Simpson, Samuel Douglas24 September 1946 - 10 October 1947
09CAPT. Wolverton, Thomas Michael :RADM10 October 1947 - 11 September 1948
10CAPT. Studebaker, David John11 September 1948 - 23 August 1949
11CAPT. Tackney, Stephen Noel23 August 1949 - 1 August 1950
12CAPT. Hannon, Edward Robert1 August 1950 - 14 August 1951
13CAPT. Bellis, Louis Joseph14 August 1951 - 10 July 1952
14CAPT. Curtis, Robert William 10 July 1952 - 17 August 1953
15CAPT. Weeks, Robert Harper :RADM17 August 1953 - 24 July 1954
16LCDR. Westcott, Thomas L.24 July 1954 - 14 February 1955
 Decommissioned 14 February 1955 to 15 November 1956
 In Service15 November 1956 - 10 December 1956
17CAPT. Hoppe, William Everett10 December 1956 - 13 November 1957
 Decommissioned13 November 1957 - 14 December 1961
18CAPT. Deacon, Edward Thorp14 December 1961 - 4 October 1962
19CAPT. LaForest, Thomas John4 October3 1962 - 4 August 1963
20CAPT. Werner, Ralph L. (Bull)4 August 1963 - 17 July 1964
21CAPT. Lindstrom, Kenith Visen17 July 1964 - 10 June 1965
22CAPT. Baumeister Jr., Charles10 June 1965 - 18 June 1966
23CAPT. Stephens, Russel Thurmond18 June 1966 - 2 October 1967
24CAPT. Yeagle, Carl H.2 October 1967 - 20 February 1969
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves. Photos courtesy Bill Gonyo

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