Commanding Officers of U.S. Submarines

Commanding Officers of U.S. Submarines (SS), by Wolfgang Hechler, Lautertal, Germany

Wolfgang Hechler has been a friend and associate of Ric Hedman for many years. He has done a monumental amount of work compiling the assignments of officers to the Commanding Officer billet of conventionally powered U.S. submarines. This work, while it goes through 1988, covers only the non-nuclear gasoline and diesel engine powered boats. It does NOT cover the nuclear submarines, even though some of the officers listed here may have eventually commanded one. The table is arranged in order by hull number. We are happy that Wolfgang has agreed to allow PigBoats.COM to publish this work, for the first time anywhere on the Internet in its entirety.

This table is as complete as Wolfgang has been able to make it. However, we must strenuously note that it IS NOT complete due to several unavoidable factors. Wolfgang wants the information to be accurate so if any of our readers has additional, VERIFIABLE information to add we would be happy to pass it on to him.

We would also like to note that if you plan to repost this information in any form, that you ask for permission from us to do so. Please respect the incredible, years long effort that Wolfgang has made put this all together. Thank you and enjoy!

Column Hull# : will be in three digits even if actual number is only one or two digits. Japanese and German subs taken over by USN were not officially assigned hull numbers.
Column USN/USNR: denotes year of graduation from USNA. USN = not a graduate of USNA, USNR = Naval Reservist, blank = graduation date unknown
Column Flag: denotes highest flag rank achieved, blank = did not achieve flag rank before leaving Navy.
Column No. : denotes where the officer falls in line from first C.O. of that boat to last.
Column start and end: date shown month/day/year if fully known. If not fully known will be in month/year, just year, or blank.
Submarine Name	Hull#	CO	USN/USNR	Flag	No.	start	end
I-14		Stevens Jr., Clyde Benjamin, CDR	1930		1	00.08.1945
I-201		Currie, John Patteson, CDR	1937		1	11/1/1945	00.02.1946
I-203		Schratz, Paul Richard, LCDR	1939		1	11/2/1945	5/21/1946
I-365		Beshany, Philip Arthur, LCDR	1938	:VADM	1	00.00.1945
I-400		Cassedy, Hiram, CDR	1931		1	00.08.1945	00.10.1945
I-400		McDowell, Joseph Matthew, LCDR/CDR	1938		2	00.10.1945	3/30/1946
I-401		Balson, John Edward, LCDR	USN		1	8/30/1945	00.10.1945
I-401		Spruance, Edward Dean, CDR	1937		2	00.10.1945	00.00.1946
USS U-2513		Dye, Ira, LCDR	USNR		1	00.00.1945	9/1/1946
USS U-2513		Casler, James Burr, LCDR	USN		2	9/1/1946	10/19/1946
USS U-2513		Mann Jr., Stephen Stafford, LCDR	1938		3	10/19/1946	10/19/1946
USS U-2513		Casler, James Burr, LCDR	USN		4	10/19/1946	3/28/1946
USS U-2513		Miller, Anthony Joseph, LT	1943		5	3/28/1948	9/1/1948
USS U-2513		Hersh Jr., Alvin Robert, LT	1943		6	9/1/1948	7/8/1949

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