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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive


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USS Tortuga (LSD-26)


Commanding Officers
01LCDR. Brown, Raymond G.8 June 1945 - 8 June 1946
02CDR. Langley, Thomas Rhodes8 June 1946 - 18 August 1947
  Decommissioned18 August 1947 - 12 September 1950
03CDR. Shook, Kenneth Sydney12 September 1950 - 22 August 1951
04CDR. Hermanson, Elof W.22 August 1951 - 10 November 1952
05CDR. Winne, George Morris 10 November 1952 - 15 January 1954
06CDR. Brenner Jr., James Emmet15 January 1954 - 27 December 1954
07LCDR. Young, Vincent J.27 December 1954 - 5 January 1955
08CDR. Biggers, Charlie Craig5 January 1955 - 29 March 1955
09CDR. Purdie, Samuel Bulla29 March 1955 - 3 July 1956
10CDR. Davis Jr., Landon Leslie3 July 1956 - 23 November 1957
11CDR. Eder, Willard E.23 November 1957 - 29 October 1958
12CDR. Silverman, Milton Joseph29 October 1958 - 12 January 1960
13CDR. Walton, Nelson Collins12 January 1960 - 24 February 1962
14CDR. Hayes, George M.24 February 1962 - 15 August 1963
15CDR. Cannon, Herbert B.15 August 1963 - 10 October 1964
16CDR. Heinberg, Wolf10 October 1964 - 28 November 1966
17CDR. Bauman, Robert W.28 November 1966 - 22 July 1968
18CDR. Vogel, Oscar J.23 July 1968 - 26 January 1970
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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