NUMBER OF DAYS IN COMMAND

Name

Rank

Command Days

Assumed command

Relinquished command

Victor Blue

Captain

870

14 August 1916

31 December 1918

Julius C. Townsend

Captain

767

13 May 1931

17 June 1933

Robert R. M. Emmer

Captain

731

1 June 1938

31 May 1940

Frank H. Schofield

Captain

702

17 July 1919

17 June 1921

Andre M. Proctor

Captain

687

6 July 1922

22 May 1924

Adolphus Andrews

Captain

674

9 July 1929

13 May 1931

Lamar R. Leahy

Captain

668

17 June 1933

15 April 1935

Sherwood A Taffinder

Captain

587

15 April 1935

21 November 1936

Zeno E. Biggs

Captain

582

2 June 1926

4 January 1928

Fred Fremont Rogers

Captain

558

21 November 1936

1 June 1938

Joseph R Defrees

Captain

553

4 January 1928

9 July 1929

Charles A. Baker

Captain

526

10 March 1944

17 August 1945

Roy Pfaff

Captain

511

17 October 1942

10 March 1944

Ivan C. Wettengel

Captain

495

22 May 1924

28 September 1925

Albert Grant

Captain

456

12 March 1914

10 June 1915

John Hood

Captain

432

10 June 1915

14 August 1916

Clarence N. Hinkamp

Captain

429

31 May 1940

2 August 1941

Lewis W. Comstock

Captain

423

2 August 1941

28 September 1942

Edward S. Kellog

Captain

385

17 June 1921

6 July 1922

Gerald L. Schetky

Captain

321

17 August 1945

3 July 1946

Jack Seward

Lt. Commander

266

31 July 1947

21 April 1948

Charles A. Blakely

Captain

248

28 September 1925

2 June 1926

Robert N. Downes

Commander

247

3 July 1946

6 March 1947

Nathan C. Twining

Captain

199

31 December 1918

17 July 1919

Samuel J. McKee

Commander

116

7 April 1947

31 July 1947

James R Bagshaw Jr

Captain

33

6 March 1947

7 April 1947

Lawrence Wild

Captain

12

3 October 1942

14 October 1942

William E. Hennigar

Commander

6

28 September 1942

3 October 1942

William E. Hennigar

Commander

4

14 October 1942

17 October 1942

Charles A. Baker

Captain

1

21 April 1948

21 April 1948

(for the decommissioning)