History of Commanding Officers

 

                                                                         December 7, 1944 - April 24, 1946                                                               CDR John S. Lewis

 

                                                                        April 24, 1946 - February 5, 1947                                                                  CDR Theodore Adolf Torgerson (Later RADM)

 

                                                                         February 5, 1947 - April 15, 1947                                                                 LCDR Jackson Tipler

 

                                                                                                            (Decommissioned April 15, 1947 - January 29, 1949)

 

                                                                        January 29, 1949 - May 4, 1951                                                                     CDR John Kelley Knapper

 

                                                                        May 4, 1951 - February 18, 1952                                                                   CDR Clinton Andrew Neyman Jr.

 

                                                                        February 18, 1952 - December 15, 1953                                                        CDR Thomas E. McCormick Jr.

 

                                                                        December 15, 1953 - December 1, 1955                                                        CDR John Grover Messer

 

                                                                        December 1, 1955 - December 1957                                                              CDR Charles Henry Witten

 

                                                                        December 1957 - August 15, 1959                                                                 CDR John E. Coste

 

                                                                        August 15, 1959 - December 1961                                                                 CDR Richard Flournoy Jr.

 

                                                                        December 1961 - October 15, 1962                                                                CDR Oscar Newton Hibler Jr.

 

                                                                        October 15, 1962 - October 25, 1962                                                             LCDR Francis William (Bill) Cronin

 

                                                                        October 25, 1962 - October 1964                                                                   CDR Alfred Winslow Harmon

 

                                                                        October 1964 - January 29, 1966                                                                    CDR William H. Crosby

 

                                                                        January 29, 1966 - October 28, 1967                                                              CDR Robert Delphin Provost Jr.

 

                                                                        October 28, 1967 - May 8, 1969                                                                     CAPT Thomas W. Pstrak

 

                                                                        May 18, 1969 - February 13, 1970                                                                 CDR Robert Arthur Baldwin