Patch contributed by Mike Smolinski
| Commanding Officers | ||||
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Captain Thomas Jackson Walker III, USN | USNA 1939 | 27 Oct 1961 – 19 Nov 1962 | VADM |
| Captain Stanley Winfield ("Swede") Vejtasa, USN [Biography @ NH&HC website] | NAVCAD 1939 | 19 Nov 1962 – 9 Nov 1963 | ||
| Captain Frederick Abshire Bardshar, USN | USNA 1938 | 9 Nov 1963 – 27 Nov 1964 | VADM | |
| Captain George Henry Mahler III, USN | USNA 1942 (1) | 27 Nov 1964 – 29 Jan 1966 | ||
| Captain William Douglas ("Bill") Houser, USN | USNA 1942 (1) | 29 Jan 1966 – 9 Dec 1966 | VADM | |
| Captain John Max Thomas, USN | USNR 1942 | 9 Dec 1966 – 11 Dec 1967 | ||
| Captain William Robert Flanagan, USN | USNA 1944 (2) | 11 Dec 1967 – 27 Nov 1968 | RADM | |
| Captain John Saabye ("Jack") Christiansen, USN | USNR 1944 | 27 Nov 1968 – 24 Jan 1970 | RADM | |
| Captain John Mark Tierney, USN | USNA 1946 (3) | 24 Jan 1970 – 9 Jan 1971 | RADM | |
| Captain Harry E. Gerhard, Jr., USN | USNR 1946 | 9 Jan 1971 – 28 Sep 1971 | RADM | |
| Captain J. D. ("Jake") Ward, USN | USNR 1948 (4) | 28 Sep 1971 – 11 Apr 1973 | ||
| Captain Paul Harold Speer, USN | NROTC 1950 | 11 Apr 1973 – 10 Sep 1974 | RADM | |
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Captain Lowell Franklin ("Gus") Eggert, USN | USNA 1952 | 10 Sep 1974 – 3 Sep 1976 | VADM |
| Captain Morris Albert ("Mo") Peelle, USN | USNR 1952 | 3 Sep 1976 – 29 Jun 1978 | ||
| Captain Paul Fenton McCarthy, Jr., USN | USNR 1955 | 29 Jun 1978 – 4 Jan 1980 | VADM | |
| Captain Leon Albert ("Bud") Edney, USN | USNA 1957 | 4 Jan 1980 – 28 Apr 1981 | ADM | |
| Captain Dennis Matthew Brooks, USN | USNA 1957 | 28 Apr 1981 – 16 Sep 1982 | RADM | |
| Captain Lyle Franklin Bull, USN | ROC 1956 | 16 Sep 1982 – 5 Jun 1984 | RADM | |
| Captain John Franklin Calhoun, USN | USNR 1958 | 5 Jun 1984 – 13 Dec 1985 | RADM | |
| Captain Melvin David Munsinger, USN | AOC 1959 | 13 Dec 1985 – 14 May 1987 | ||
| Captain Philip Shepard Anselmo, USN | AOC 1962 | 14 May 1987 – 3 Jun 1988 | RADM | |
| Captain John Joseph ("Jack") Zerr, USN | NESEP-A 1966 | 3 Jun 1988 – 21 Jan 1990 | RADM | |
| Captain Leonard Nelson Oden, USN | USNR 1963? | 21 Jan 1990 – 9 May 1991 | RADM | |
| Captain Michael Brent Nordeen, USN | AOC 1966 | 9 May 1991 – 7 May 1993 | ||
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Captain Gilman Everett Rud, USN | AOC 1967 | 7 May 1993 – 5 Dec 1994 | |
| Captain Marc Alan Ostertag II, USN | AOC 1966 | 5 Dec 1994 – 23 May 1996 | ||
| Captain Rocklun Allen ("Rocky") Deal, USN | NROTC 1972 | 23 May 1996 – 15 Jan 1998 | ||
| Captain Donald Kenneth Bullard, USN | NROTC 1973 | 15 Jan 1998 – 17 Sep 1999 | RADM | |
| Captain James Dean ("Jamie") Kelly, USN | USNA 1973 | 17 Sep 1999 – 13 May 2001 | RADM | |
| Captain John William ("Fuzzy," "Fozzie") Miller, USN [Biography] | USNA 1979 | 13 May 2001 – 7 Aug 2003 | VADM | |
| (1) Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942. [Back] (2) Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944. [Back] (3) Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [Back] (4) Enlisted in the Navy in 1944. Commissioned as a Naval Aviator in July 1947. On inactive duty 1949–52. [Back] (5) The photo over the name CAPT L.F. Bull is actually CAPT L.F. Eggert, and the photo over the name CAPT L.F. Eggert actually belongs to CAPT M.A. Peelle. [Back] | ||||
Source: USS Constellation Association; Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
Photo sets: courtesy Robert M. Cieri.
Individual portraits: courtesy U.S. Navy; Bill Gonyo.
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