| 01 | CAPT. Cummings Jr., Arthur Howard | 20 June 1970 - 22 October 1977 |
| 02 | CAPT. Brown, Francis Taylor :RADM | 22 October 1971 - 9 November 1972 |
| 03 | CAPT. Thomas, John Keith (Jake) | 9 November 1972 - 13 December1974 |
| 04 | CAPT. McNally Jr., John Joseph | 13 December 1974 - 11 June 1976 |
| 05 | CAPT. Kennedy, Ronald Walter | 11 June 1976 - 13 January 1978 |
| 06 | CAPT. Greiwe, William H. | 13 January 1978 - 7 September 1979 |
| 07 | CAPT. Higginson, John J. :RADM | 7 September 1979 - 5 April 1981 |
| 08 | CAPT. Westerman, William R. (Westy), | 25 April 1981 - 14 September 1982 |
| 09 | CAPT. Ruppert, Noel L. | 14 September 1982 - 3 March 1984 |
| 10 | CAPT. Lovell, Jack Wendell | 3 March 1984 - 3 October 1985 |
| 11 | CAPT. Granuzzo, Andrew A. | 3 October 1985 - 2 August 1987 |
| 12 | CAPT. Oden, Leonard N. | 2 August 1987 - 5 November 1988 |
| 13 | CAPT. Cross II, William V. :RADM | 5 November 1988 - 31 May 1990 |
| 14 | CAPT. Tickle, Harold J. | 31 May 1990 - 13 September 1991 |
| 15 | CAPT. Chaplin, Robert Charles :RADM | 13 September 1991 - 25 February 1993 |
| 16 | CAPT. Young, William D. | 25 February 1993 - November 1994 |
| 17 | CAPT. Crocker, David Mark :RADM | November 1994 - 6 March 1995 |
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| 18 | CAPT. Crocker, David Mark :RADM | 6 March 1995 - 23 July 1996 |
| 19 | CAPT. Tuohy, Matthew W. | 23 July 1996 - 17 January 1998 |
| 20 | CAPT. Gallagher, Richard Keith :VADM | 17 January 1998 - 12 June 1999 |
| 21 | CAPT. Hartwell, Daniel Newman, | 12 June 1999 - 5 January 2001 |
| 22 | CAPT. Smith, Charles Edward (Grunt) :RADM | 5 January 2001 - 20June 2002 |
