Memories . . .
WHICH CAPTAIN DID YOU SERVE UNDER?
Commanding Officers – USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Captain Apollo Soucek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 27, 1945 to Mar. 02, 1946
Captain Herbert Regan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 02, 1946 to Nov. 15, 1946
Captain John Vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 15, 1946 to Nov. 07, 1947
Captain Thomas B. Williamson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov. 07, 1947 to Aug. 03, 1948
Captain Harry D. Felt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 03, 1948 to July 11, 1949
Captain Clarence E. Ekstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 11, 1949 to July 27, 1950
Captain William V. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 27, 1950 to July 28, 1951
Captain Fitzhugh Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 28, 1951 to July 26, 1952
Captain George W. Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 26, 1952 to May 22, 1953
Captain John S. Thatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22, 1953 to April 23, 1954
Decommissioned – April 23, 1954 to April 6, 1956
Captain John T. Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 06, 1956 to Oct. 01, 1956
Captain Thomas W. Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 01, 1956 to Oct 02, 1957
Captain Frederick L. Ashworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 02, 1957 to July 03, 1958
Captain Ralph L. Shifley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 03, 1958 to Aug. 08, 1959
Captain Theodore H. Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 08, 1959 to June 10, 1960
Captain Edward W. Hessel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 10, 1960 to July 16, 1961
Captain Edward I. Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 16, 1961 to June 01, 1962
Captain W. E. Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 01, 1962 to July 20, 1963
Captain G. E. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 20, 1963 to July 25, 1964
Captain Malcolm W. Cagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 25, 1964 to Aug. 27, 1965
Captain C. L. Burbage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 27, 1965 to Aug. 28, 1966
Captain George C. Talley, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28, 1966 to Jan. 05, 1967
Captain J. D. Ramage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 05, 1967 to Jan. 12, 1967
Captain Martin G. O’Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 12, 1967 to June 20, 1967
Captain Gordon E. Hodgson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 20, 1967 to Aug. 1968
Captain James O. Mayo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 1968 to Sept. 1969
Captain Harry S. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1969 to Oct. 1970
Captain J. E. Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oct. 1970 to Sept. 1971
Captain C. J. Youngblade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 1971 to April 1973
Captain James B. Morin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1973 to Dec. 20, 1974
Captain C. A. Easterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 20, 1974 to June 20, 1976
Captain Richard P. Bordone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 20, 1976 to June 13, 1977
Captain Everett F. Rollins, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 13, 1977 to Oct. 01, 1977