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USS CAPE ESPERANCE (CVE-88)
(later CVU-88)
(Ex- TANANEK BAY)
Courtesy of Al Grazevich
Courtesy of Gerd Matthes, Germany
| Commanding Officers | ||||
| Captain Robert Wurts Bockius | USNA 1920 (1) | 9 April 1944 – 3 May 1945 | ||
| Captain Patrick Henry, Jr. | USNA 1927 | 3 May 1945 – 10 May 1946 | ||
| Commander Joseph Thomas Lawler | USNR 1939 | 10 May 1946 – 22 August 1946 | CAPT | |
| Decommissioned | ||||
| ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Captain Eddie Reuel Sanders | USNA 1930 | July 1951 – July 1952 | RADM | |
| Captain Marshall Tevis Martin | USNA 1931 | ? | ||
| Captain Charles Leighton Moore, Jr. | USNA 1933 | 195? – 8 December 1956 | ||
| Commander Julius Max Berrey [Biography] | USNR 1936 (2) | 8 December 1956 – 29 December 1956 | ||
| Captain Robert Anthony MacPherson | USNA 1933 | 29 December 1956 – 6 December 1957 | RADM | |
| Captain Roger William Mehle | USNA 1937 | 6 December 1957 – 14 January 1959 | RADM | |
| (1) Graduated on 6 June 1919 with the Class of 1920. [Back] (2) A former Merchant Marine Officer, he was appointed an Ensign in the US Naval Reserve on 23 January 1936 and reported for active naval service in February 1941. [Back] | ||||
Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
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