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USS ORISKANY (CV-34)
(later CVA-34 and CV-34)
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Percy Haverly Lyon | USNA 1925 | 25 September 1950 – 26 July 1951 | |
| Captain John Osgood Lambrecht | USNA 1925 | 26 July 1951 – 23 July 1952 | |
| Captain Courtney Shands | USNA 1927 | 23 July 1952 – 3 June 1953 | RADM |
| Captain Charles Donald Griffin | USNA 1927 | 3 June 1953 – 15 July 1954 | ADM |
| Captain Leroy Coard Simpler | USNA 1929 | 15 July 1954 – 27 July 1955 | RADM |
| Captain Charles Louis Westhofen | USNA 1930 | 27 July 1955 – 2 January 1957 | RADM |
| Decommissioned | |||
| Captain James Mahan Wright | USNA 1934 | 7 March 1959 – 26 February 1960 | |
| Captain William Selman Guest | USNA 1935 | 26 February 1960 – 10 March 1961 | RADM |
| Captain Harry Hayes Barton | USNA 1937 | 10 March 1961 – 23 March 1962 | |
| Captain Charles Anthony Iarrobino | NAVCAD 1940 | 23 March 1962 – 29 March 1963 | |
| Captain Herman John Trum III | USNA 1940 | 29 March 1963 – 17 March 1964 | RADM |
| Captain William Hiram House | USNA 1940 | 17 March 1964 – 12 March 1965 | RADM |
| Captain Bartholomew Joseph Connolly III | USNA 1943 (1) | 12 March 1965 – 11 March 1966 | |
| Captain John Henry Iarrobino | USNR 1942 | 11 March 1966 – 15 March 1967 | |
| Captain Billy Douglas Holder | NAVCAD 1943 | 15 March 1967 – 25 March 1968 | RADM |
| Captain Jack Scott Kenyon | USNR 1943 | 25 March 1968 – 20 September 1969 | |
| Captain John Anthony Gillcrist | USNA 1945 (2) | 20 September 1969 – 11 September 1970 | |
| Captain Frank Sutherland Haak, Jr. | USNA 1946 (3) | 11 September 1970 – 3 March 1972 | RADM |
| Captain John Curtis Barrow | USNA 1949 | 3 March 1972 – 9 October 1973 | RADM |
| Captain Forrest Prentice Anderson | USNA 1953 | 9 October 1973 – 17 January 1975 | |
| Captain Huntington Hardisty | USNA 1952 | 17 January 1975 – 23 June 1976 | ADM |
| Captain Robert Gail Conaughton | USNA 1954 | 23 June 1976 – 30 September 1976 | |
| (1) Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (2) Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] (3) Graduated on 6 June 1945 with the Class of 1946. [Back] | |||
Sources: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
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