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USS Whetstone (LSD-27)

Commanding Officers
01CDR. Keating, Gordon Ripley12 February 1946 - ?
02CDR. Zimmerman, Milton Abraham1948 - ?
 Decommissioned, 20 October 1948 - 25 June 1950 
07CDR. Beede, Albert Josephno dates
08CDR. Lavery, Richard John1953 - September 1954
09CDR. Spruance, Edward DeanSeptember 1954 - August 1955
10CDR. Ahern, Robert JosephAugust 1955 - 1 November 1957
11CDR. Wiggins, Raymond1 November 1957 - 1958
12CDR. Somerville, Henry Brooke1958 - 1959
13CDR. Galing, Searcy Garlits1959 - April 1961
14CDR. Debuhr, Claude NoelApril 1961 - 1963
15CDR. Zinn, Franklyn K.no dates
16CDR. French, D. M.1964 - ?
17CDR. Webb, William Hubert1966 - ?
18CDR. Seabaugh, Raymond Ray1967 - 1968
19CDR. Rabun, Floyd Kelley1968 - 1969
Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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