History of Commanding Officers

NumberNameYearsTenure
1Jahleel Brenton1741 – 17476 years
2William Mumford1747 – 17525 years
3Daniel Ayrault, Jr.1752 – 177018 years
4Nathaniel Mumford1770 – 17755 years
5John Malbone1775 – 179217 years
6Francis Malbone1792 – 181018 years
7Benjamin Fry1810 – 18155 years
8Christopher Grant Champlin1815 – 18183 years
9Richard Kidder Randolph1818 – 18246 years
10John B. Lyons1824 – 18251 year
11Henry Y. Cranston1825 – 18283 years
12James Boone1828 – 18291 year
13Peleg Clarke1829 – 18312 years
14Nicholas G. Boss1831 – 18321 year
15Stephen A. Robinson1832 – 18375 years
16William B. Swan1837 – 18458 years
17Christopher G. C. Perry1845 – 18549 years
18Thomas B. Carr1854 – 18584 years
19Charles W. Turner1858 – 18602 years
20George W. Tew1860 – 18622 years
21William Stedman1862 – 18653 years
22John Hare Powel1865 – 187712 years
23Augustus P. Sherman1877 – 18792 years
24George R. Fearing1879 – 18823 years
25George H. Vaughan1882 – 18853 years
26Jeremiah W. Horton1885 – 18916 years
27Addison Thomas1891 – 18943 years
28Alvin A. Barker1894 – 18984 years
29Henry C. Stevers, Jr.1898 – 18991 year
30Herbert Bliss1899 – 19023 years
31John D. Richardson1902 – 19042 years
32Charles L. F. Robinson1904 – 19095 years
33Frank P. King1909 – 19145 years
34Arthur F. Sherman1914 – 19162 years
35Robert C. Ebbs1916 – 19171 year
36Alvin A. Barker1917 – 19192 years
37William A. Knowe1919 – 19201 year
38William McLeod1920 – 19211 year
39William A. Knowe1921 – 19243 years
40Douglas P. A. Jacoby1924 – 19295 years
41Harold E. Knowe1929 – 194213 years
42Thomas G. Smith1942 – 195311 years
43Gordon H. Austin1953 – 19596 years
44Robert Kerr1959 – 19612 years
45Louis Lorillard19610.5 year
46Harold E. St. John1961 – 19642.5 years
47Clen Humphrey1964 – 19662 years
48Robert R. Craft1966 – 19682 years
49Francis Gauthier1968 – 19691 year
50John P. Lauth1969 – 19734 years
51Harold E. St. John19730.5 year
52Frederick S. Kirby1973 – 19762.5 years
53Arthur F. Newell1976 – 19782.5 years
54Adrien F. Saurette1978 – 19823.5 years
55James V. Coleman1982 – 19831 year
56John Mack1983 – 19885 years
57Donald E. Norris1988 – 19924 years
58Frank S. Hale1992 – 19964 years
59John L. R. Macomber1996 – 19971.5 years
60James R. Johnsen1997 – 20002.5 years
61Roy D. Lauth2000 – 20044 years
62Geoffrey D. Gardner2004 – 20084 years
63Robert Edenbach2008 – 20179 years
64Geoffrey D. Gardner2017 – 20203 years
65Robert Beebe2020 – 20233 years
66William Farrell2023 –
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