Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Aircraft Carrier Photo Archive

Courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret)
 Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS RANDOLPH   (CV-15)
(later CVA-15 and CVS-15)

Commanding Officers
Captain Felix Locke Baker USNA 1920 9 October 1944 – 26 July 1945 RADM
Captain Jackson Rogers Tate USNR 1918 26 July 1945 – 22 September 1946 RADM
Captain Daniel Ward Harrigan USNA 1922 22 September 1946 – 25 February 1948 RADM
Decommissioned
Captain Robert Stewart Quackenbush, Jr. USNA 1927 1 July 1953 – 8 May 1954 RADM
Captain James Richard Lee USNA 1928 8 May 1954 – 10 May 1955 RADM
Captain Jack Clayton Renard USNA 1928 10 May 1955 – 26 May 1956 RADM
Captain Edward Joseph O'Neill USNA 1931 26 May 1956 – 15 August 1956 RADM
Captain Daniel Fletcher ("Dog") Smith, Jr. USNA 1932 15 August 1956 – 10 August 1957 RADM
Captain Louis Joseph Kirn USNA 1932 10 August 1957 – 20 June 1958 RADM
Captain Bernard Max ("Smoke") Strean USNA 1933 20 June 1958 – 21 March 1959 VADM
Captain Joseph Bonafield Tibbets USNA 1934 21 March 1959 – 30 January 1960 RADM
Captain Richard Emerson Harmer USNA 1935 30 January 1960 – 15 December 1960  
Captain Harry Edward Cook, Jr. USNA 1934 15 December 1960 – 17 November 1961  
Captain Max Arnold Berns, Jr. USNA 1939 17 November 1961 – 14 October 1962  
Captain Harry Lafayette Harty, Jr. USNA 1939 14 October 1962 – 3 October 1963 VADM
Captain Richard James Davis NAVCAD? ?? 3 October 1963 – 24 August 1964  
Captain John Francis Refo USNA 1940 24 August 1964 – 21 August 1965  
Captain William Benjamin Morton USNA 1940 21 August 1965 – 1 October 1966  
Captain William Joseph Moran NAVCAD 1941 1 October 1966 – 8 July 1967 VADM
Captain Wynn Victor Whidden USNA 1944 (1) 8 July 1967 – 13 February 1969  
(1): Graduated on 9 June 1943 with the Class of 1944.  [Back]

Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler
Photo of CAPT Baker courtesy of Christopher M. Larson, donated in honor of CDR Fred Millard Larson, deceased 13 Oct. 1945

Main
Photo Index		 Aircraft Carrier
Photo Index Page		 USS Randolph
Main Page

Comments, Suggestions or Image submissions, E-mail Carrier Information
Problems and site related matters, E-mail Webmaster

This page was created and is maintained by Fabio Peña
All pages copyright NavSource Naval History

Last update: 3 March 2026