Former Commanding Officers
- Jun 1956 - Jul 1956 LCDR R.G. West
- Jul 1956 - Jan 1958 CDR Louis F. Knight
- Jan 1958 - Jan 1959 CDR Alton W. Payne
- Jan 1959 - Feb 1960 CDR Alvin F. Emig
- Feb 1960 - Feb 1961 CDR William C. Butler
- Feb 1961 - Apr 1962 CDR William L. Aydelott
- Apr 1962 - Mar 1963 CDR Carl H. Klindworth
- Mar 1963 - Mar 1964 CDR Jack R. Evans
- Mar 1964 - Mar 1965 CDR Bryan R. Eagan
- Mar 1965 - Dec 1965 CDR George E. Smith
- Dec 1965 - Oct 1966 CDR Nathan F. Mcdonald
- Oct 1966 - Jul 1967 CDR David L. Hughes
- Jul 1967 - Jul 1968 CDR Emiddio Massa
- Jul 1968 - Dec 1968 CDR Robert R. Zastrow
- Nov 1969 - Oct 1970 CDR Frank M. Suzan
- Oct 1970 - Oct 1971 CDR Thomas D. Eyres
- Oct 1971 - Nov 1972 CDR Orville Wright, Jr
- Nov 1972 - Oct 1973 CDR Paul E. Caine
- Oct 1973 - Oct 1974 CDR Charles P. Silvia
- Oct 1974 - Nov 1975 CDR Barry W. Coats
- Nov 1975 - Jan 1977 CDR Dale L. Larson
- Jan 1977 - May 1978 CDR Charles E. Brooks
- May 1978 - Jul 1979 CDR William E. Terry
- Jul 1979 - Oct 1980 CDR Robert Parkinson
- Oct 1980 - Dec 1981 CDR Joseph S. Walker
- Dec 1981 - Jun 1983 CDR Mack Thomas, Jr.
- Jun 1983 - Sep 1984 CDR Robert A. Schottle
- Sep 1984 - 1986 CDR Randall O. Abshier
- 1986 - 1988 CDR Douglas Yesensky
- 1988 - 1990 CDR William Anderson Cain
- 1990 - 1991 CDR Donald Steuer
- 1991 - 1992 CDR Al 'Booter' Haefner
- 1992 - 1993 CDR Lars Wallis
- 1993 - 1994 CDR Henry Dosker
- 1994 - 1996 CDR Terry Doyle
- 2002 - 2003 CDR Nosenzo
- 2003 - 2004 CDR Thom Burke
- 2004 - 2006 CDR Marc Homan
- 2006 - 2007 CDR Joey Tynch
- 2007 - 2008 CDR Lawrence Vincent
- 2008 - 2009 CDR Mike Ruth
- 2009 - 2011 CDR Eric Soderberg
- 2011 - 2012 CDR Monroe Howell
- 2012 - Present CDR Lawrence Meehan
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