Command
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Commander (USNA Class)
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Dates in Command
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Prior Assignment
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Subsequent Assignment
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Date of
Rank
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Next Promotion
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Notes
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Commander Submarine Force
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RADM Wilhelm L. Friedell
(1905)
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19 May 1938 - 1 Nov
1940
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C.O. USS Colorado (BB-45)
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COMSUBSCTFOR
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23 Jun
1938
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Commander Submarines Scouting
Force
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RADM Wilhelm L. Friedell
(1905)
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1 Nov 1940 - 17 Jan
1941
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COMSUBFOR
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Commandant, Mare Island Navy
Yard
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23 Jun
1938
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RADM Thomas Withers
(1906)
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17 Jan 1941 - 1 Feb
1941
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Inspector-of-Ordnance-in-
Charge, Naval Torpedo Station,
Newport
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Commander Submarines
Scouting Force Pacific Fleet
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1 Dec
1940
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Commander Submarines Scouting
Force Pacific Fleet
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RADM Thomas Withers
(1906)
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1 Feb 1941 - 1 Jan 1942
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Commander Submarines
Scouting Force
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COMSUBPAC
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1 Dec
1940
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Commander Submarine Force,
Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC)
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RADM Thomas Withers
(1906)
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1 Jan 1942 - 14 May
1942
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Inspector-of-Ordnance-in-
Charge, Naval Torpedo Station,
Newport
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Commandant, Portsmouth Navy
Yard
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1 Dec
1940
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RADM Robert H. English
(1911)
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14 May 1942 - 21 Jan
1943
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COMSUBRON 4
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May 1942
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Died 21 Jan 1943
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Killed in aircraft accident
while on inspection tour to
California
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VADM Charles A.
Lockwood, Jr. (1912)
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15 Feb 1943 - 17 Dec
1945
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COMSUBSOWESPAC
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USN Inspector General
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5 Oct
1943
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Moved HQ from Pearl
Harbor to Guam Jan 1945
and ceased endorsing
patrol reports.
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RADM John H. Brown, Jr.
(1914)
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21 Jan -13 Feb , 24 Mar
- 16 Apr , 17-18 May ,
13-21 Dec 1943; 5 Jan,
14 Feb, 6 -11 Mar, 11 -
13 Apr, 4 - 8 May, 3 - 9
Jul, 8 -11 Aug, 6 - 11
Sep, 6 - 12 Oct, 23 Dec
1944
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COMSUBRON 4
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COMSUBTRAINPAC, later Deputy
COMSUBPAC
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19 Jan
1943
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RADM Charles W. Styer
(1918)
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14 May 1943
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13 Apr
1943
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Capt. John B. Griggs (1919)
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3 Oct 1943
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17 Jun
1942
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Commo. Merrill Comstock
(1917)
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11 - 13 Aug 1944, 13
Mar - 2 Jul 1945
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20 Oct
1944
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Along with Yeomans
endorsed most patrol
reports in 1945
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Capt. Elmer E. Yeomans
(1924)
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3 Jun - 23 Jul 1945
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COMSUBPAC Staff
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1 Jun
1943
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Along with Comstock
endorsed most patrol
reports in 1945
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Deputy COMSUBPAC
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RADM John A. Brown
(1914)
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25 Jan 1945 - 23 Apr
1945
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COMSUBTRAINPAC
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Commander TF 93
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19 Jan
1943
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COMSUBPAC in 1949
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Commo. Merrill Comstock
(1917)
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2 Aug 1945 - 20 Oct
1945
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Chief of Staff, COMSPUBPAC
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20 Oct
1944
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Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet,
Administration
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Capt. Charles B. Momsen
(1920)
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early 1943
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Hawaiian Sea Frontier
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COMSUBRON 2
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18 Jun
1942
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Capt. John B. Griggs (1919)
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26 May 1943 - Sep 1943
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17 Jun
1942
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concurrently COMSUBRON
12
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Capt. Charles D. Edmunds
(1920)
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1943 - 18 Jan 1944
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C.O. Submarine Base Pearl
Harbor
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COMSUBPAC Subordinate
Command
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18 Jun
1942
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Capt. John B. Griggs (1919)
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18 Jan 1944 - 20 Mar
1944
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17 Jun
1942
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concurrently COMSUBRON
12
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Capt. Willard M. Downes
(1920)
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20 Mar 1944
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18 Jun
1942
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concurrently COMSUBRON
8
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Capt. Joseph A. Connolly
(1921B)
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2 Jul 1944
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C.O. Naval Operating Base
Midway
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C.O. USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
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Capt. Leo L. Pace (1921A)
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15 Sep 1944 - 30 Nov
1944
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20 Jun
1942
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Acting; COMSUBRON 20
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RADM John H. Brown, Jr.
(1914)
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12 Mar 1945
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19 Jan
1943
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Commo. Merrill Comstock
(1917)
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22 Mar 1945
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20 Oct
1944
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Commo. George C.
Crawford (1921B)
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16 Jul 1945- 12 Oct
1945
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24 May
1945
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Submarines Training, Pacific Fleet
(COMSUBTRAINPAC)
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RADM John H. Brown, Jr.
(1914)
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12 Nov 1943 - 29 Apr
1945
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COMSUBRON 4
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Deputy COMSUBPAC
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19 Jan
1943
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Commo. Merrill Comstock
(1917)
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13 Jul 1945
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Chief of Staff, COMSUBPAC
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Capt. Charles W. Styer
(1918)
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Mar 1941 - Aug 1942
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COMSUBDIV 16
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COMSUBRON 10
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1 Jan
1942
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13 Apr 1943
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Capt. John B. Griggs, Jr.
(1919)
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Aug 1942 - Apr 1943
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COMSUBRON 12
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17 Jun
1942
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Capt. Stuart S. Murray
(1919)
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Apr 1943 - 15 Nov 1943
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Chief of Staff,
COMSUBSOWEPAC
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Commandant of Midshipmen,
USNA
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17 Jun
1942
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Commo. Merrill Comstock
(1917)
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15 Nov 1943 - Jun 1945
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VCNO Staff
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Deputy COMSUBPAC
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20 Oct
1944
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Commo. George C.
Crawford (1921B)
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Jun 1945 - 21 Jan 1946
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COMSUBRON 24
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Chief of Staff Commandant
Portsmouth Navy Yard
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24 May
1945
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COMSUBLANT in 1952
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Captain Frank T. Watkins
(1922)
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31 Jan 1946 - 7 Feb
1946
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Duty in Navy Department
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21 Jun
1942
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COMSUBLANT in 1954
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Capt. Lucius H. Chappell
(1927)
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15 Feb 1946
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20 Mar
1945
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Submarine Force Pacific Fleet
Subordinate Command Midway
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CDR Willard M. Downes
(1920)
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18 Oct 1942 - 20 Sep
1943
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
8
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Capt. Charles W. Styer
(1918)
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20 Sep 1943 - 12 Nov
1943
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Commander, Submarine Base,
New London
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13 Apr
1943
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
10
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Capt. John B. Longstaff
(1920)
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12 Nov 1943 - 24 Dec
1943
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18 Jun
1942
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
14
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Capt. Joseph A. Connolly
(1921B)
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2 Jan 1944 - 7 Feb 1944
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20 Jun
1942
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Possibly Acting;
COMSUBDIV 45
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Capt. Charles D. Edmunds
(1920)
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15 Feb 1944 - 20 Aug
1944
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18 Jun
1942
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
6
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Capt. Leo L. Pace (1921A)
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17 May 1944 - 31 May
1944; 7 Sep 1944 - 14
Sep 1944
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Acting; COMSUBRON 20
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Capt. John M. Will (1923)
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21 Sep 1944 - 27 Nov
1944
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COMSUBDIV 62
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COMSUBRON 28
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1 May
1943
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Capt. George C. Crawford
(1921B)
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4 Dec 1944 - 15 Feb
1945
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Chief of Staff, COMSUBPAC
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20 Jun
1942
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24 May 1945
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
24
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Capt. Kenneth C. Hurd
(1925)
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30 Mar 1945 - 7 May
1945
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20 Jul
1943
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Concurrently COMSUBRON
32
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Capt. Charles W. WIlkins
(1924)
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1945 - 10 Sep 1945
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Commander Submarines Patrol Force
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RADM Richard S. Edwards
(1906)
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1 Nov 1940 - 1 Feb 1941
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C.O. USS Colorado (BB-45)
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COMSUBLANT
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Command became
COMSUBLANT
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Commander Submarines Atlantic
Fleet (COMSUBLANT)
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RADM Richard S. Edwards
(1906)
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1 Feb 1941 - 3 Jan 1942
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Commander Submarines Patrol
Force
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Deputy Chief of Staff, COMINCH
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1 May
1941
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15 Aug 1942
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Capt. Elwin F. Cutts (1908)
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3 Jan 1942 - 30 Mar
1942
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C.O. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
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1 Jan
1936
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Acting; Commander,
SUBRON 1 and Submarine
Base New London
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RADM Freeland A. Daubin
(1909)
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30 Mar 1942 - 23 Nov
1944
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COMSUBRON 4
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Commandant, New York Navy
Yard
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30 Jun
1942/
26 Nov
1941
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RADM Charles W. Styer
(1918)
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9 Sep 1944 (acting); 23
Nov 1944 - 1946
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Commander, Submarine Base,
New London
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Assistant CNO (Coordinator of
Undersea Warfare)
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13 Apr
1943
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RADM John Wilkes (1916)
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1946 - 1947
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C.O. USS Birmingham (CL-62)
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1 Jan
1943
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Chief of Staff, COMSUBLANT
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CDR Robert H. Smith (1920)
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Dec 1940 - 1942
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Navigator USS Pennsylvania
(BB-38)
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C.O. USS Sperry (AS-12)
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1 Apr
1940
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before May 1942
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Killed in plane crash 21 Jan
1943
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Capt. Norman S. Ives (1920)
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1942 - 31 Aug 1942
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COMSUBDIV 43
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COMSUBRON 50
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18 Jun
1942
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KIA 2 Aug 1944
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Capt. John B. Longstaff
(1920)
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31 Aug 1942 - 3 Jul
1943
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COMSUBRON 7
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COMSUBRON 14
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18 Jun
1942
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Capt. George C. Crawford
(1921B)
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3 Jul 1943 - Jul 1944
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COMSUBDIV 43
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COMSUBRON 24
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20 Jun
1942
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24 May 1945
(Commodore)
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Capt. Wakeman B. Thorp
(1921B0
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Jul 1944 - 1945
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C.O. USS Griffin (AS-13)
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Capt. Ian C. Eddy (1930)
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1945
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C.O. USS Pargo (SS-264)
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Capt. Chester C. Smith
(1925)
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1946
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COMSUBRON 30
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20 Jul
1943
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Commander Submarines, Asiatic
Fleet (COMSUBAF)
|
Capt. Walter E. Doyle
(1913)
|
1 Dec 1941 - 10 Dec
1941
|
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Commander Service Force Asiatic
Fleet
|
1 Jul 1940
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retired 1 Jul 1943
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Concurrently SUBRON 20
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Capt. John Wilkes (1916)
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10 Dec 1941 - 26 May
1942
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C.O. USS Birmingham (CL-62)
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1 Jan
1942
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1 Jan 1943
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Command became
Commander Submarines
Southwest Pacific
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Commander Submarines, Southwest
Pacific (COMSUBSOWEPAC)
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RADM Charles A.
Lockwood, Jr. (1912)
|
26 May 1942 - 5 Feb
1943
|
Naval Attache, London
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COMSUBPAC
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16 May
1942
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5 Oct 1943
|
Command had been
Submarines, Asiatic Fleet
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Capt. Allan R. McCann
(1917)
|
10 Feb 1943 - 7 Mar
1943
|
Duty in Bureau of Navigation
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20 Jun
1942
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25 Mar 1943
|
Acting; Concurrently
COMSUBRON 6
|
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RADM Ralph W. Christie
(1915)
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7 Mar 1943 - 15 Mar
1943
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Command became
Submarines, Seventh Fleet;
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Commander Submarines, Seventh
Fleet (COMSUB7THFLT)
|
RADM Ralph W. Christie
(1915)
|
15 Mar 1943 - 30 Dec
1944
|
COM TF 72; then Inspector of
Ordnance, Newport RI
|
Commandant, Puget Sound Navy
Yard
|
9 Nov
1942
|
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RADM James Fife, Jr.
(1918)
|
30 Dec 1944 - 28 Aug
1945
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COMINCH Staff
|
Commander Submarines,
Philippine Sea Frontier
|
7 Apr
1943
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Capt. Heber H. McLean
(1921A)
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14 - 17 Apr 1944
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20 Jun
1942
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Capt. John B. Griggs (1919)
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30 Jun 1944
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17 Jun
1942
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Capt. Elliot H. Bryant (1919)
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6 Feb - 2 Mar 1945
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17 Jun
1942
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Capt. Barton E. Bacon
(1925)
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26 - 29 Aug 1945
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20 Jul
1943
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Commander Submarines Philippine
Sea Frontier
|
RADM James Fife, Jr.
(1918)
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28 Aug 1945 - 15 Dec
1945
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COMSUB7THFLT
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COMSUBLANT (1947)
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Chief of Staff, COMSUBAF,
COMSUBSOWEPAC &
COMSUB7THFLT
|
Capt. James Fife (1918)
|
1 Dec 1941 - 28 Jul
1942
|
Assisatant Naval Attache London
|
Liaison officer Commander
Southwest Pacific Area
|
1 Jan
1942
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7 Apr 1943
|
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Capt. Stuart S. Murray
(1919)
|
4 Oct 1942 - Mar 1943
|
COMSUBDIV 21; then
COMSUBAF Staff
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Chief of Staff, COMSUBPAC
|
17 Jun
1942
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Capt. Heber H. McLean
(1921A)
|
Mar 1943 - Dec 1943
|
COMSUBSOWEPAC Staff
|
Commander Submarine Base
New London
|
20 Jun
1942
|
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Capt. Philip G. Nichols
(1921B)
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Dec 1943 - 23 Dec 1944
|
COMSUBDIV 162
|
13th Naval District Staff
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20 Jun
1942
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Capt. Elliot H. Bryant (1920)
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31 Jan 1945 - 26 Apr
1945
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COMSUBRON 18
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17 Jun
1942
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Capt. William L. Wright
(1925)
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30 Jul 1945 - 28 Aug
1945
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COMSUBDIV 221
|
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20 Jul
1943
|
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Commander Task Force 42
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RADM Francis W. Rockwell
(1908)
|
21 Apr 1942 - 6 Aug
1942
|
Commander 16th Naval District
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Commander, Amphibious Force
Pacific Fleet
|
20 Oct
1941
|
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Submarines operating from
Brisbane
|
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Capt. Ralph W. Christie
(1915)
|
6 Aug 1942 - 21 Dec
1942
|
COMSUBRON 5
|
Inspector of Ordnance, Newport
RI; then COMSUB7THFLT
|
1 Jul 1941
|
9 Nov 1942
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Capt. James Fife (1918)
|
22 Dec 1942 - Mar 1943
|
Liaison officer to Commander
Southwest Pacific Area
|
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1 Jan
1942
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7 Apr 1943
|
Command became TF 72
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Capt. Charles D. Edmunds
(1920)
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23 Oct 1942
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18 Jun
1942
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Commander Task Force 72
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RADM James Fife (1918)
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Mar 1943 - 3 Mar 1944
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COMINCH Staff
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7 Apr
1943
|
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Capt. John M. Haines
(1918)
|
17 Apr 1944 - 14 Nov
1944
|
COMSUBRON 16
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C.O. USS New Mexico (BB-40)
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15 Jun
1942
|
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TF 72 Disbanded 15 Nov
1944; became TG 71.9;
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Capt. Willard M. Downes
(1920)
|
23 - 24 Apr 1943
|
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18 Jun
1942
|
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Capt. Stephen G. Barchet
(1924)
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9 Oct 1944
|
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1 Jun
1943
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Submarines North Pacific
|
Capt. Oswald S. Colclough
(1921A)
|
24 Jun 1942 - 30 Sep
1942
|
COMSUBDIV 101
|
C.O. USS North Carolina (BB-55)
|
20 Jun
1942
|
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Commander Task Force 93
|
Capt. Franklin O. Johnson
(1921B)
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25 -27 Feb 1944
|
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21 Jun
1942
|
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Submarines in Alaska
(possibly also
COMSUBRON 45)
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Commander Task Group 71.9
|
Capt. John M. Haines
(1918)
|
15 Nov 1944 - 11 Dec
1944
|
COMTF72
|
C.O. USS New Mexico (BB-40)
|
15 Jun
1942
|
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Had been TF 72
|
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Capt. Stephen G. Barchet
(1924)
|
12 Dec 1944 - 17 Dec
1944
|
Operations Officer COMSUBLANT
|
Operations Officer
COM7PHIBFOR
|
1 Jun
1943
|
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CDR John C. Broach (1927)
|
17 Dec 1944 - 11 Mar
1945
|
COMSUBDIV 61
|
Staff 1st Carrier Task Force
|
1 Sep
1942
|
20 Mar 1945
|
Command dissolved
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