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Many thanks to our Historian Henry Lehtola for compiling the information on the Commanding Officer's and the Executive Officer's list. As you can see the list is not totally complete. If you have some information that would help us to complete the list or add to the accuracy please contact Henry Lehtola. Thank you (Contact Info on Home Page)
Ship's Captains
Name	Year	Photo
CDR. Lester Cordova Conwell	8/1945 to 5/1946
CDR. Joseph Ignatius Manning	5/1946 to 1947
CDR. Hilary C. Rowe	1947 to 9/1949
CDR. Sanford E. "Red Dog" Woodard	9/1949 to 9/1951
CDR. James M. Robertson	9/1951 to 1/1954
CDR. Richard Lull Cochrane	1/1954 to 11/1955
CDR. Jack Stanley Ross	11/1955 to 1957
CDR. Frederick Wilhelm Ziegler	1957 to 10/1959
CDR. Billy Goodwin Westerfield	10/1959 to 1961
CDR. Dewitt Clinton Redgrave III	1961 to 4/1962
LCDR. Thomas Wynkoop	4/1962 to 2/1963 Fram
CDR. John H. Doyle Jr.	2/1963 to 3/1964
CDR. James Kenneth Jobe	3/1964 to 11/1965
CDR. Terrill Frederick Becker	11/1965 to 9/1967
CDR. Clifford L. Bekkedahl	9/1967 to 7/1969
CDR. George I. Thompson	7/1969 to 10/1970
CDR. Charles H. Davidson	10/1970 to 4/1972
CDR. John G. Sullivan	4/1972 to 10/1973
CDR. George Skinner	10/1973 to 1975 (Reserve Fleet)
CDR. Garry L. Wilson	10/1975 to 10/1977
CDR. Stanley Roy Svensen	10/1977 to 1/1978
LCDR. Al E. Schmoker (Acting C.O.)	1/1978 to 2/1978
CDR. William J. Hill	2/1978 to 7/1979
Ship's Executive Officer's
LCDR. Gene R. LaRoeque	8/1945 to 1946
LCDR. Miles Rush Finley Jr.	1946 to 1947
LCDR. Chester Maurice Lee	1947
LCDR. Jackson
LCDR. Philip G. Saylor	1949 to 1951
LCDR. George Valentine Eidson	1951
LCDR. Aubyn Lester Adkins	1951 to 1953
LCDR. Robert Thienes	6/1953 to 8/1954
LCDR. Hayes Ashton "Barney" Dorr	8/1954 to 5/1956
LCDR. Robert Edgar Adams	5/1956 to 1957
LCDR. W. R. Hartman	1957 to 1959
LCDR. E. A. Decamp	1959 to 1960
LCDR. Merwin Edward Rasmussen	1960 to 1961
LCDR. Thomas Wynkoop	1963 to 1964 (FRAM)
LCDR. Tandy W. Carter	1964 to 2/1965
LCDR. Thomas W. Glickman	2/1965 to 1/1966
LCDR. Warren D. Richards	1/1966 to 7/1967
LCDR. Richard L. McCampbell	7/1967 to 1/1969
LCDR. Clyde M. Walter	1/1969 to 8/1970
LCDR. Frank P. Zmorzenski	8/1970 to 1/1972
LCDR. Frank A. Jones Jr.	1/1972 to 7/1973
LCDR. T. J. Hammond	7/1973 to 1975
LCDR. R. G. Phipps	1975 to 1/1976
LCDR. Ronald L. Williams	1/1976 to 1977
LCDR. Al E. Schmoker	1977 to 1978
LCDR. L. A. Howitt	1978 to 1979