Commanders
| Name | Picture | Rank | Assigned (Orders) |
Assumed (On Station) |
Relieved (Orders) |
Relieved (On Station) |
Flagship(s) |
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| RADM Louis M. Goldsborough | February 1865 | 18 July 1865 | 1867 | 14 July 1867 | Colorado | ||
| ADM David G. Farragut | ? | 14 July 1867 | ? | 10 November 1868 | Franklin | ||
| CDRE Alexander M. Pennock | ? | 10 November 1868 | ? | 28 February 1869 | Ticonderoga | ||
| RADM William Radford | ? | 1869 | ? | 1 March 1870 | Franklin | ||
| RADM Oliver S. Glisson | ? | August 1870 | ? | January 1871 | Franklin | ||
| RADM Charles S. Boggs | ? | January 1871 | ? | 1 January 1872 | Franklin Plymouth Brooklyn |
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| RADM James Alden, Jr. | ? | 1 January 1872 | ? | 2 June 1873 | Wabash Brooklyn |
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| RADM Augustus Case | ? | 1873 | ? | 1875 | Franklin Wabash |
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| RADM John L. Worden | ? | 1875 | ? | 5 October 1877 | Franklin Marion Trenton |
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| RADM William E. LeRoy | ? | 5 October 1877 | ? | 23 January 1879 | Trenton | ||
| CAPT John Lee Davis (pro tem) |
? | 23 January 1879 | ? | February 1879 | Trenton | ||
| RADM John C. Howell | 1878 | February 1879 | ? | 16 September 1881 | Trenton Quinnebaug Wyoming |
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| RADM James W. Nicholson | ? | 16 September 1881 | February 1883 | 10 March 1883 | Lancaster | ||
| RADM Charles H. Baldwin | ? | 10 March 1883 | ? | September 1884 | Lancaster | ||
| RADM Earl English | ? | September 1884 | ? | May/June 1885 | Lancaster | ||
| RADM Samuel R. Franklin | ? | May/June 1885 | ? | 1887 | Pensacola | ||
| RADM James A. Greer | ? | 1887 | ? | 1889 | ? | ||
| Unknown? | ? | ? | 1889 | ? | 1893 | ? | |
| RADM Henry Erben | June 1893 | ? | August 1894 | ? | ? | ||
| RADM William A. Kirkland | April 1894 | November 1895 | ? | ||||
| RADM Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. | November 1895 | February 1898 | Minneapolis | ||||
| RADM John Adams Howell | January 1898 | April 1898 | ? | ||||
| The European Squadron returned to U.S. waters at the start of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, and did not return until July 1901. | |||||||
| RADM Bartlett J. Cromwell | ? | July 1901 | 9 February 1902 | ? | ? | ||
| CAPT Joseph E. Craig (Senior Officer Present) |
? | February 1902 | ? | April 1902 | ? | ||
| RADM Arent S. Crowninshield | March 1902 | 30 April 1902 | ? | 1903 | ? | ||
| RADM Charles S. Cotton | ? | 1903 | ? | 1905 | Kearsarge (June-July 1903) |
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| In 1905 the European Squadron was absorbed into the North Atlantic Fleet. | |||||||
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