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CV-61 Ranger
Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS RANGER   (CVA-61)
(later CV-61)

Commanding Officers
CAPT Charles Thomas Booth, II USNA 1931 10 August 1957 – 5 March 1958 VADM
CAPT Paul Douglas Buie USNA 1933 5 March 1958 – 23 May 1959 RADM
CAPT Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler USNA 1935 23 May 1959 – 4 June 1960 ADM
CAPT Donald Gay, Jr. USNA 1937 4 June 1960 – 5 May 1961 RADM
CAPT William Nicholas ("Bill") Leonard USNA 1938 5 May 1961 – 7 May 1962 RADM
CAPT George Chamberlain Duncan   [Biography] USNA 1939 7 May 1962 – 20 May 1963
CAPT William Edward Lemos USNA 1941 20 May 1963 – 28 May 1964 RADM
CAPT Alton Barger Grimes USNA 1942 (1) 28 May 1964 – 10 May 1965
CAPT Leo Bob McCuddin USNR 1942 10 May 1965 – 7 June 1966 RADM
CAPT William Max Harnish USNA 1943 (2) 7 June 1966 – 20 October 1966 RADM
CAPT William Eugene Donnelly, Jr. USNA 1944 (3) 20 October 1966 – 27 March 1968
CAPT William Harold ("Tag") Livingston USNR 1943 27 March 1968 – 28 June 1969 RADM
CAPT Joseph Park ("Joe") Moorer, Jr. USNA 1945 (4) 28 June 1969 – 20 June 1970 VADM
CAPT Joseph Lustrat ("Joe") Coleman NAVCAD 1944 20 June 1970 – 3 September 1971 RADM
CAPT Henry Peter ("Hank") Glindeman, Jr. USNA 1946 (5) 3 September 1971 – 21 May 1973 RADM


Bottom row, left, is CAPT Walter (not William) J. Davis, Jr.
CAPT Allen Edward ("Boot") Hill AMP 1950 21 May 1973 – 22 November 1974 RADM
CAPT John Lewis Nicholson, Jr. USNR 1953 22 November 1974 – 17 September 1976
CAPT Douglas Robert McCrimmon USNA 1955 17 September 1976 – 17 June 1978
CAPT Thomas George Moore NAVCAD 1954 17 June 1978 – 22 May 1979
CAPT Van Franklin Westfall (6) USNR 1957 22 May 1979 – 28 May 1979
CAPT Roger Elden Box USNA 1956 28 May 1979 – 20 October 1980 RADM
CAPT Daniel Arthur Pedersen NAVCAD 1957 20 October 1980 – 11 June 1982  
CAPT Anthony Albert ("Tony") Less USNR 1960 11 June 1982 – 8 July 1983 VADM
CAPT Arthur Hugh Fredrickson USNR 1957 8 July 1983 – 3 July 1985
CAPT Walter Jackson Davis, Jr. NROTC 1959 3 July 1985 – 8 May 1987 VADM
CAPT Donald Wilson Baird USNR 1962 8 May 1987 – 8 July 1988 RADM
CAPT Robert Philip ("Burner Bob") Hickey, Jr. NROTC 1964 8 July 1988 – 13 February 1990 RADM
CAPT Ernest Edward Christensen, Jr. USNA 1964 13 February 1990 – 21 August 1991 RADM
  CAPT Dennis Vincent McGinn USNA 1967 21 August 1991 – 10 July 1993 VADM
(1)  Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942.   [Back]
(2)  Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943.   [Back]
(3)  Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944.   [Back]
(4)  Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945.   [Back]
(5)  Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946.   [(Back)
(6)  XO, acting CO.   [(Back)

Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler, with additional info from John Slaughter ("USS Ranger History & Memorial")

Photo groups contributed by Robert M. Cieri.
Photo of CAPT Harnish courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, via Darryl Baker.


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