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
EP - 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

EP - CDR Samuel D. Johnson
Jun 1991—May 1992

Decommissioning Commanding Officer
EP - 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
EP - 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
EP - CDR Joseph Brian Mueller
Sep 1977—Jul 1981

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

EP - 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
EP - CDR Samuel D. Johnson
May 1992—May 1993