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USS MATANIKAU   (CVE-101)
(later CVU-101 and AKV-36)

(Ex- DOLOMI BAY)
Commanding Officers
Captain William Lawrence Erdmann USNA 1924 24 June 1944 – 27 March 1945RADM
Captain Francis Benedict Johnson USNA 1922 27 March 1945 – 6 December 1945 
Captain Henry Thornton Dietrich USNA 1926 6 December 1945 – 11 June 1946 
Commander Burdette Eugene Close USNA 1932 11 June 1946 – 10 August 1946CAPT
Lieutenant Commander Thaddeus Louis LaPorte (1) 10 August 1946 – 11 October 1946 
(1)  Enlisted in 1923. Temporary rank of LT since 15 March 1943; temporary rank of LCDR since 3 October 1945.  [Back]

Source: Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler

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