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USS Tarawa (LHA-1)

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Commanding Officers
01CAPT. Morris, James H. :RADM29 May 1976 - 2 July 1976
02CAPT. Church, George Andrew2 July 1976 - 9 February 1979
03CAPT. Klee, Robert Erhart9 February 1979 - 24 June 1980
04CAPT. Timm, Dwight Dorwan24 June 1980 - 26 February 1982
05CAPT. Siegel, Kent R.26 February 1982 - 27 September 1983
06CAPT. Duffy, Phillip F. :RADM27 September 1983 - 24 May 1985
07CAPT. Newman, Roger Lee24 May 1985 - 28 February 1987
08CAPT. Blackmon, Thomas Lester28 February 1987 - 10 March 1989
09CAPT. Fladd, Wirt Ross10 March 1989 - 30 July 1991
10CAPT. Parkhurst, Nigel E.30 July 1991 - 6 May 1993
11CAPT. Wikstrom, Raymond M.6 May 1993 - 21 January 1995
12CAPT. Hayes, James A.21 January 1995 - 12 June 1996
13CAPT. Ames, Christopher Conlan :RADM12 June 1996 - 19 December 1997
14CAPT. Bray, James D.19 December 1997 - 2 July 1999
15CAPT. Hall, Garry Evan :RADM2 July 1999 - 21 January 200
16CAPT. Clark, James Lonial21 January 2001 - 22 July 2002
17CAPT. Bowling III, John Harrison (Jay) :RADM22 July 2002 - 22 January 2004
18CAPT. Riley III, John Wallace22 January 2004 - 2 June 2005
19CAPT. Murphy, Peter Denis2 June 2005 - 28 September 2006
20CAPT. Shunkwiler, Donald Raymond J.28 September 2006 - 6 February 2008
21CAPT. Luther, Brian Eugene (Lex)6 February 2008 - 31 March 2009
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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