Commanding Officers
- Captain Burton H. Green - February 1937 – January 1938
- Captain Lemuel M. Stevens - January 1938 – July 1939
- Captain John D. Beardall - July 1939 – April 1941
- Captain Frederick Lois Riefkohl - April 1941 - August 1942
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