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USS COWPENS   (CV-25)
(later CVL-25 and AVT-1)

Commanding Officers
Captain Robert Perche McConnell USNRF 1921   (1) 28 May 1943 – 18 May 1944 VADM
Captain Herbert Watson Taylor, Jr. USNA 1921B 18 May 1944 – 24 November 1944  
Captain George Harbord DeBaun USNA 1921A (2) 24 November 1944 – 10 September 1945 RADM
Captain Herbert Spencer Duckworth USNA 1922 10 September 1945 – 13 December 1945 VADM
Captain Francis Benedict Johnson USNA 1922 13 December 1945 – 31 January 1946  
Commander Frederick James Brush USNA 1931 31 January 1946 – 22 August 1946 RADM
Commander Albert H. Wilson, Jr. USNA 1931 22 August 1946 – 13 January 1947 CAPT
(1) Joined the Navy in June 1917 and received his wings in October 1918 (Naval Aviator #1372). He transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1921.   [Back]
(2) Graduated on 3 June 1920 with the first half of the Class of 1921   [Back]

Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.


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