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STIMSON OFFICERS PROMOTED TO ADMIRAL RANK

RADM Stanley Guy Catola *  EP
RADM David Selby Cruden   *
VADM John Grossenbacher
RADM Fred Gustavson
RADM Donald Perry Hall   *  EP
VADM Dennis Jones
RADM Thomas J. Kearny
VADM Charles Joe Leidig Jr.
RADM Scott Sears  EP
ADM William Dee Smith   *  EP
VADM George Sterner

* prior Commanding Officers 

BLUE CREW


Commissioning Commanding Officer
EP- CAPT Richard Edmund Jortberg
Feb 1965—Feb 1967


EP- CDR Donald Perry Hall
Feb 1967—Jun 1970
 Promoted to RADM


CDR David Selby Cruden
Jun 1970—Oct 1971

Promoted to RADM


First Overhaul Commanding Officer
CDR William Dee Smith
Oct 1971—Mar 1974

Promoted to ADM


CDR William Llewellyn Powell Jr.
Mar 1974—May 1978


EP -CDR Thomas Rolland Conrey
May 1978—Oct 1981

**CAPT William John Hastie - Oct 1980-Dec 1980**
{Covered 1 patrol for CDR Conrey to allow him to be with his family while his daughter was passing away from cancer}


Second Overhaul Commanding Officer
CDR William Edward Fitzpatrick Jr.
Oct 1981—Nov 1984


CDR George Edwin Keefe Jr.
Nov 1984—Apr 1988


CDR Michael E. Flenniken
Apr 1988—Jun 1991


CDR Samuel D. Johnson
Jun 1991—May 1992


Decommissioning Commanding Officer
CDR Samuel D. Johnson
May 1992—May 1993

GOLD CREW


Commissioning Commanding Officer
EP- CDR Robert Hart Weeks
Jan 1966—Feb 1971


First Overhaul Commanding Officer
CDR William Dee Smith
Feb 1971—Oct 1971
Promoted to ADM


EP- CDR Stanley Guy Catola
Mar 1973—Jun 1974
Promoted to RADM


CDR Gary Eugene Bell
Jun 1974—Sep 1977


C4 Conversion Commanding Officer
CDR Joseph Brian Mueller
Sep 1977—Jul 1981


Second Overhaul Commanding Officer
CDR William Edward Fitzpatrick Jr.
Jul 1981—Oct 1981


CDR Michael James Showers
Aug 1984—Oct 1987


CDR Rudy Edward Plummer
Oct 1987—Mar 1990


CDR Richarl L. 'Rick' Towner
Mar 1990—May 1992


Decommissioning Commanding Officer
CDR Samuel D. Johnson
May 1992—May 1993