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| Patch at left courtesy of Guy Dunbar (USS Coral Sea CVA-43 Association) Patch at right courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret) |
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USS CORAL SEA (CVB-43)
(later CVA-43 and CV-43)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| CAPT Aaron Putnam ("Putt") Storrs, III | USNA 1923 | 1 October 1947 – 11 August 1948 | RADM |
| CAPT Aurelius Bartlett ("Abe") Vosseller | USNA 1924 | 11 August 1948 – 11 July 1949 | VADM |
| CAPT Robert Goldthwaite | USNA 1924 | 11 July 1949 – 29 April 1950 | VADM |
| CAPT Frederick MacKay Trapnell | USNA 1923 | 29 April 1950 – 12 February 1951 | VADM |
| CAPT James Sargent Russell | USNA 1926 | 12 February 1951 – 10 February 1952 | ADM |
| CAPT Robert Burns Pirie | USNA 1926 | 10 February 1952 – 7 November 1952 | VADM |
| CAPT Herbert Douglas Riley | USNA 1927 | 7 November 1952 – 10 August 1953 | VADM |
| CAPT Henry Howard Caldwell | USNA 1927 | 10 August 1953 – 14 June 1954 | RADM |
| CAPT Harry Edward Sears | USNA 1928 | 14 June 1954 – 22 December 1954 | VADM |
| CAPT David Lamar ("Dave") McDonald | USNA 1928 | 22 December 1954 – 17 October 1955 | ADM (1) |
| CAPT William Ellis Gentner, Jr. | USNA 1930 | 17 October 1955 – 10 October 1956 | VADM |
| CAPT Joseph Abraham Jaap | USNA 1932 | 10 October 1956 – 24 April 1957 | RADM |
| CDR Robert Wheeler Rynd | USNA 1938 | 24 April 1957 – 24 May 1957 | CAPT |
| Decommissioned | |||
| CAPT James Seton Gray, Jr. | USNA 1936 | 25 January 1960 – 5 December 1960 | |
| CAPT John Joseph Lynch | NAVCAD 1937 | 5 December 1960 – 1 November 1961 | RADM |
| CAPT Maurice Franklin ("Mickey") Weisner | USNA 1941 | 1 November 1961 – 23 July 1962 | ADM |
| CAPT Robert Martin Elder | NAVCAD 1942 | 23 July 1962 – 13 February 1963 | |
| CAPT Charles Eugene Roemer | NAVCAD 1939 | 13 February 1963 – 16 February 1964 | |
| CAPT Pierre Numa Charbonnet, Jr. | USNA 1941 | 16 February 1964 – 15 January 1965 | VADM |
| CAPT George Louis Cassell | NAVCAD 1942 | 15 January 1965 – 18 February 1966 | RADM |
| CAPT Frank Willis Ault | USNA 1943 (2) | 18 February 1966 – 18 March 1967 | |
| CAPT William Henley Shawcross | USNR 1943 | 18 March 1967 – 2 March 1968 | RADM |
| CAPT James Ferris | NAVCAD 1943 | 2 March 1968 – 16 May 1969 | RADM |
| CAPT Samuel Gilbert Gorsline, Jr. | USNA 1945 (3) | 16 May 1969 – 16 October 1970 | |
| CAPT Wesley Lee McDonald | USNA 1947 (4) | 16 October 1970 – 7 September 1971 | ADM |
| CAPT William Harold ("Bill") Harris | USNR 1947 | 7 September 1971 – 2 November 1972 | RADM |
| CAPT Paul Arthur Peck | AMP 1949 | 2 November 1972 – 25 January 1974 | RADM |
| CAPT Thomas Stevenson Rogers, Jr. | USNA 1950 | 25 January 1974 – 18 July 1975 | |
| CAPT Joseph Francis Frick | USNA 1953 | 18 July 1975 – 1 March 1977 | RADM |
| CAPT George Alfred Aitcheson, Jr. | USNR 1954 | 1 March 1977 – 3 June 1978 | RADM |
| CAPT Stanley Roger Arthur | NROTC 1957 | 3 June 1978 – 22 December 1979 | ADM |
| CAPT Richard Michael ("Dick") Dunleavy | USNR 1955 | 22 December 1979 – 2 July 1981 | VADM |
| CAPT Jerome Lamarr ("Jerry") Johnson | USNR 1956 | 2 July 1981 – 1 October 1983 | ADM |
| CAPT Jeremy Dolph ("Bear") Taylor | NAVCAD 1957 | 1 October 1983 – 31 August 1984 | RADM |
| CAPT Robert Eugene ("Gene") Tucker | USNA 1960 | 31 August 1984 – 21 May 1985 | |
| CAPT Robert Harvey Ferguson | USNR 1955 | 21 May 1985 – 23 February 1987 | |
| CAPT Bruce Barton Bremner | OCS 1961 | 23 February 1987 – 22 June 1988 | RADM |
| CAPT Lloyd Edward Allen, Jr. | AOC 1966 | 22 June 1988 – 30 April 1990 | RADM |
| 1: 17th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) 1963–1967. [Back] 2: Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] 3: Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] 4: Graduated on 5 June 1946 with the Class of 1947. [Back] | |||
Special thanks to Robert M. Cieri
and the USS Coral Sea CVA-43 Association
(http://www.usscoralsea.org)
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
Photos submitted by Robert M. Cieri, except Captains Pirie, Ferris, McDonald, Frick, Arthur and Johnson
by Bill Gonyo; Captain Ferguson by Wolfgang Hechler
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Last update: 19 September 2017