NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive
Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Arthur LeRoy ("Roy") Bristol, Jr. (Note 1) | USNA 1906 | 4 Jun 1934 – 10 Jun 1936 | VADM |
| Captain Patrick Neison Lynch Bellinger | USNA 1907 | 10 Jun 1936 – 5 Jun 1937 | VADM |
| Captain John Sidney ("Mac," "Slew") McCain | USNA 1906 | 5 Jun 1937 – 3 Jun 1939 | ADM (Note 2) |
| Captain Ralph Frederic Wood (Note 3) | USNA 1911 | 3 Jun 1939 – 6 Jun 1940 | RADM |
| Captain Alfred Eugene ("Monty") Montgomery | USNA 1912 | 6 Jun 1940 – 13 Jun 1941 | VADM |
| Captain William Keene ("Keen") Harrill | USNA 1914 | 13 Jun 1941 – 30 May 1942 | VADM |
| Captain Calvin Thornton ("Cal") Durgin | USNA 1916 | 30 May 1942 – 17 Mar 1943 | VADM |
| Captain Gordon Rowe | USNA 1918 | 17 Mar 1943 – 22 Apr 1944 | RADM |
| Captain Arthur Gavin (Note 4) | USNR 1918 | 22 Apr 1944 – 15 Jan 1945 | RADM |
| Captain Douglass Pollock ("Johnnie") Johnson (Note 5) | USNA 1920 | 15 Jan 1945 – 1 May 1946 | RADM |
| Captain George Adrian ("Goat") Dussault | USNA 1923 | 1 May 1946 – 1 Oct 1946 | |
| Commander Ray ("Jeff") Davis | USNA 1933 | 1 Oct 1946 – 18 Oct 1946 | |
| Notes (1) Reported for "duty involving flying" in connection with fitting out Ranger on 9 Apr 1934. [Back] (2) Posthumously promoted to full admiral, effective date 6 September 1945, the date of his death. [Back] (3) Commander (Captain-selectee) at the time he assumed command of Ranger. [Back] (4) Transferred to the regular Navy in 1919. [Back] (5) Graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. Also known to his classmates as "Dippy" (for his first two initials) or "The Man." [Back] | |||
Sources: USS Ranger: The Navy's First Flattop from Keel to Mast, 1934–1946, by Robert J. Cressman.
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler; Bill Gonyo.
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