| PERIOD OF COMMAND |
COMMANDING OFFICER |
HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED |
| 1947/1948 |
Captain Aaron P. Storrs, III |
Rear Admiral |
| 1948/1949 |
Captain Aurelius B. Vosseller |
Vice Admiral |
| 1949/1950 |
Captain Robert Goldthwaite |
Vice Admiral |
| 1950/1951 |
Captain Frederick M. Trapnell |
Rear Admiral |
| 1951/1952 |
Captain James Sargent Russell |
Admiral |
| 1952/1952 |
Captain Robert B. Pirie |
Vice Admiral |
| 1952/1953 |
Captain Herbert D. Riley |
Vice Admiral |
| 1953/1954 |
Captain Henry H. Caldwell |
Rear Admiral |
| 1954/1954 |
Captain Harry E. Sears |
Vice Admiral |
| 1954/1955 |
Captain David Lemar McDonald |
Admiral |
| 1955/1956 |
Captain William E. Gentner, Jr. |
Vice Admiral |
| 1956/1957 |
Captain Joseph A. Jaap |
Rear Admiral |
| 1960/1960 |
Captain James S. Gray, Jr. |
Captain |
| 1960/1961 |
Captain John Joseph Lynch |
Rear Admiral |
| 1961/1962 |
Captain Maurice F. Weisner |
Admiral |
| 1962/1963 |
Captain Robert Martin Elder |
Captain |
| 1963/1964 |
Captain Charles Eugene Roemer |
Captain |
| 1964/1965 |
Captain Pierre N. Charbonnet, Jr. |
Vice Admiral |
| 1965/1966 |
Captain George L. Cassell |
Rear Admiral |
| 1966/1967 |
Captain Frank Willis Ault |
Captain |
| 1967/1968 |
Captain William H. Shawcross |
Rear Admiral |
| 1968/1969 |
Captain James Ferris |
Rear Admiral |
| 1969/1970 |
Captain Samuel G. Gorsline, Jr. |
Captain |
| 1970/1971 |
Captain Wesley L. McDonald |
Admiral |
| 1971/1972 |
Captain William H. Harris |
Rear Admiral |
| 1972/1973 |
Captain Paul Arthur Peck |
Rear Admiral |
| 1974/1975 |
Captain Thomas S. Rogers, Jr. |
Captain |
| 1975/1977 |
Captain Joseph F. Frick |
Rear Admiral |
| 1977/1978 |
Captain George A. Aitcheson, Jr. |
Rear Admiral |
| 1978/1979 |
Captain Stanley R. Arthur |
Admiral |
| 1979/1981 |
Captain Richard M. Dunleavy |
Vice Admiral |
| 1981/1983 |
Captain Jerome L. Johnson |
Admiral |
| 1983/1984 |
Captain Jeremy D. Taylor |
Rear Admiral |
| 1984/1985 |
Captain Robert E. Tucker |
Captain |
| 1985/1987 |
Captain Robert H. Ferguson |
Captain |
| 1987/1988 |
Captain Bruce B. Bremner |
Rear Admiral |
| 1988/1990 |
Captain Lloyd E. Allen, Jr. |
Rear Admiral |
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