USS HANCOCK (CV/CVA-19)
April 1944 ~ December 1975
COMMANDING OFFICERS
USS HANCOCK (CV/CVA-19)
April 1944 ~ December 1975
Comment from the Yeoman: If any information on this page is inaccurate or if a Commanding Officer is deceased and not listed as such, please sound off so I can update this Page.
If you were aboard HANCOCK and own a Cruise Book or know for certain, the XO who served under the C.O. at the time, please Email the Yeoman with his name, rank (if Possible) and time aboard -
Commanding Officers marked with Red numbers are those whom your Yeoman served under.
Thanks! ~ Jake
| 1. | Fred. C. Dickey | CAPTAIN- | Apr 15, 1944 - Nov 30, 1944 |
Deceased |
| 2. | Hickey, Robert Ferdinand | CAPTAIN - VADM |
Nov 30, 1944 - Sep 7, 1945 |
Deceased |
| 3. | Daniel Vincent Gallery Read Roy Jaruk's Tribute to Captain Gallery |
CAPTAIN - RADM |
Sep 7, 1945 - Dec 10, 1945 |
Deceased |
| 4. | Horace A. Butterfield | CAPTAIN | Dec 10, 1945 - Sep 12, 1946 |
Deceased |
| HANCOCK IS PLACED ON INACTIVE LIST | Sep 5, 1946 - Feb 15, 1954 |
Mothballed | ||
| 5. | Tibbets, Joseph Bonafield | CDR - RADM |
Sep 12, 1946 - May 9, 1947 |
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| 6. | Whitmore Spencer Butts | CAPTAIN | Feb 15, 1954 - Jan 22,1955 |
Deceased |
| 7. | Eddie R. Sanders | CAPTAIN | Jan 22, 1955 - Jan 21, 1956 |
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| 8. | Joseph Dean Black | CAPTAIN | Jan 21, 1956 - Jan 18, 1957 |
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| 9. | Charles Joseph Odendhal, Jr. | CAPTAIN | Jan 18, 1957 - Feb 4, 1958 |
Deceased |
| 10. | Robert A. MacPherson | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Feb 4, 1958 - Jan 10, 1959 |
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| 11. | Edwin A. Parker | CDR | Jan 10, 1959 - Feb 7, 1959 |
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| 12. | Henry Louis Miller | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Feb 1959 - Jan 1960 |
Deceased |
| 13. | Frederick E. Bakutis | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Jan 29, 1960 - Dec 20, 1960 |
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| 14. | John Curtis Kelly | CAPTAIN | Dec 20, 1960 - Dec 19, 1961 |
Deceased |
| 15. | Paul K. Blesh | CAPTAIN | Dec 19, 1961 - Nov 28, 1962 |
Deceased |
| 16. | Thomas David Harris Career Data with Photo XO Cdr A.C. O'Leary XO Cdr Livingston |
CAPTAIN | Nov 28, 1962 - Dec 19, 1963 |
Deceased |
| 17. | Arthur James Brassfield XO Cdr Herbert Spencer Matthews Jr. - Feb '64 - Feb '65 |
CAPTAIN | Dec 19, 1963 - Dec 15, 1964 |
Deceased |
| 18. | Frank Bradford Stone | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Dec 15, 1964 - Dec 15, 1965 |
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| 19. | James. C. Donaldson, Jr. | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Dec 15, 1965 - Nov 10, 1966 |
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| 20. | H. P. Streeper | CAPTAIN | Dec 10, 1966 - Nov 17, 1967 |
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| 21. | Howard E. Greer | CAPTAIN - VADM |
Nov 17, 1967 - Feb 12, 1969 |
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| 22. | Newton Perry Foss | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Feb 2, 1969 - Jun 1970 |
Deceased |
| 23. | Theodore Lloyd Johnson Photo Here - Career Data at the Navy Memorial |
CAPTAIN | Jun 1970 - Oct 5, 1971 |
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| 24. | Albert J. Monger | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Oct 5, 1971 - Jun 16, 1973 |
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| 25. | Philip Joseph Ryan | CAPTAIN | Jun 16, 1973 - Dec 2, 1974 |
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| 26. | Frederick Gale Fellowes | CAPTAIN - RADM |
Dec 2, 1974 - Jan 30, 1976 Decommissioning |
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