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Source:
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The Hook
Magazine Spring 1983 issue
www.navysite.de
Douglas Skyraider Naval Fighters
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Commanding Officers |
1946
- 1961 (CV-45,
CVS-45) |
Capt.
John Watts Harris |
3. Nov. 1946 |
30. Aug. 1947 |
Capt. Richard Waynick Ruble |
30. Aug. 1947 |
15. Jul. 1948 |
Capt.
Truman Johnson Hedding |
15. Jul. 1948 |
9. Jul. 1949 |
Capt.
Harry Brigham Temple |
9. Jul. 1949 |
21. Apr. 1950 |
Capt.
Lester Kimme Rice |
21. Apr. 1950 |
8. Oct. 1950 |
Cdr. Ward Thornton Shields * |
8. Oct. 1950 |
9. Oct. 1950 |
Capt. Joseph Malcolm Carson |
9. Oct. 1950 |
27. Jul. 1951 |
Capt.
Oscar Pederson |
27. Jul. 1951 |
25. Jun. 1952 |
Capt.
Robert Ellington Dixon |
25. Jun. 1952 |
29. Jun. 1953 |
Capt.
Paul Wesley Watson |
29. Jun. 1953 |
8. Sep. 1953 |
Capt. Charles Rudolph Fenton |
8. Sep. 1953 |
24. Aug. 1954 |
Capt.
Almon Ellsworth Loomis |
24. Aug. 1954 |
9. Aug. 1955 |
Capt.
Lowell Winfield Williams |
9. Aug. 1955 |
10 Aug. 1956 |
Capt.
Thomas Benjamin Payne |
10 Aug. 1956 |
19. Sep. 1957 |
Capt. Clifford Morgan
Campbell |
19. Sep. 1957 |
4. Aug. 1958 |
Capt.
William Morgan McCormick |
4. Aug. 1958 |
18. Aug. 1959 |
Capt.
Elbert Miller Stever |
18. Aug. 1959 |
22. Jun. 1960 |
Capt. Hawley Russell |
22. Jun. 1960 |
7. Sep. 1960 |
Capt.
Clarence Agee Melvin |
7. Sep. 1960 |
1. Jul. 1961 |
1961
- 1970 (LPH-8) |
Capt.
Clarence Agee Melvin |
1. Jul. 1961 |
16.
Sep.1961 |
Capt.
Henry Smith Jackson |
16.
Sep.1961 |
31. Oct.
1962 |
Capt. John Anthony
Fidel |
31. Oct.
1962 |
20. Sep.
1963 |
Capt. John Edward Parks |
20. Sep.
1963 |
24. Sep.
1964 |
Capt. Charles Neal Conatser |
24. Sep.
1964 |
7. Aug.
1965 |
Capt. Richard Oscar Madson |
7. Aug.
1965 |
12. Aug.
1966 |
Capt. Charles Harrison Carr |
12. Aug.
1966 |
1. Dec.
1967 |
Capt. Paul Elbert Payne |
1. Dec.
1967 |
25. Nov. 1968 |
Capt. David William
Henderson |
25. Nov.
1968 |
11. Dec. 1969 |
Cdr. Robert Edson Schock |
11. Dec.
1969 |
15. Jan.
1970 |
* Due to
illness of Capt. Harry Brigham Temple |
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