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last
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Decommissioned
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Commanding Officers |
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Capt.
Rhodam Yarrott McElroy, Jr. |
10. Jan. 1959 |
3. Oct.
1959 |
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Capt.
James Wadsworth O'Grady |
3. Oct.
1959 |
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Oct.1960 |
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Harvey Peter Lanham |
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1961 |
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Evan Peter Aurand |
22. Sep.
1961 |
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1962 |
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Leroy Vincent Swanson |
1. Sep.
1962 |
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1963 |
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James David Ramage |
23. Aug.
1963 |
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1964 |
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Robert Wilks Windsor, Jr. |
31. Jul.
1964 |
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1965 |
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John Eugene Kennedy * |
11. Aug.
1965 |
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1966 |
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Capt.
John Peter Fox, Jr. |
25. Aug.
1966 |
8. Jul.
1967 |
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Capt.
Clarence Arthur Hill, Jr. |
8. Jul.
1967 |
2. Sep.
1968 |
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Herbert Spencer Matthews, Jr. |
2. Sep.
1968 |
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Bernard Brown Forbes, Jr. |
14. Aug.1969 |
19. Aug. 1970 |
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Gerald Gerrard O'Rourke |
19. Aug. 1970 |
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William Newell Small |
9. Oct. 1971 |
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Charles Ross Smith, Jr. |
1. Dec. 1972 |
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William Bertram Warwick |
25. Jun. 1974 |
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1975 |
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James Edward Service |
24. Jun.
1975 |
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1977 |
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George Morgan Furlong, Jr. |
29. Mar.
1977 |
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1978 |
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Thomas Campbell Watson, Jr. |
9. Sep.
1978 |
28. May
1980 |
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Capt.
Thomas Edward Shanahan |
28. May
1980 |
5. Dec.
1981 |
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Capt.
Jerry Creighton Breast |
5. Dec.
1981 |
7. Jun.
1983 |
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Capt.
William Adam Dougherty, Jr. |
7. Jun.
1983 |
29. Oct.
1984 |
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Capt.
Kenneth Leroy Carlsen |
29. Oct.
1984 |
28. Jul.
1986 |
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Capt.
William Ray Needham |
28. Jul.
1986 |
24. Feb.
1989 |
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Capt.
Thomas Stafford Slater |
24. Feb.
1989 |
14. Jul.
1990 |
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Capt.
Robert Lee Ellis, Jr. |
14. Jul.
1990 |
21. Dec.
1991 |
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Capt.
Carter Beaumont Refo |
21. Dec.
1991 |
6. Jul.
1993 |
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Capt.
Dennis Wayne Irelan |
6. Jul.
1993 |
25. Jan.
1995 |
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Capt.
David Pierce Polatty III |
25. Jan.
1995 |
5. Aug.
1996 |
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Capt.
Tom Steven Fellin |
5. Aug.
1996 |
12. Aug.
1997 |
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Capt. Mark
Reed Milliken |
12. Aug.
1997 |
30. Sep.
1998 |
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John E. Lacouture was Acting Commanding Officer, 26–28 October 1965,
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