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USS LEAHY - Past Commanding Officers

COMMANDING OFFICER

DATES

COMMENTS

Captain Robert L. Baughan Jr.
Link 1

4 August 1962 - 7 July 1964

Commissioned At Boston Naval Shipyard 4 August 1962
Note 1

Captain S. N. Anastasion
Link 1

8 July 1964 - 3 February 1967

 

Commander Charles J. Bauman Jr.
Link 1

4 February 1967 - 17 February 1967

 

Captain Floyd W. Gooch Jr.

Link 1

18 February 1967 - 3 May 1968

C.O. - Philadelphia Naval Shipyard ONLY - Leahy had no CO from 18 February 1967 until 24 February 1968 - PNSY Custodial status.

Captain William B. Murray Jr.

Link 1     Link 2

4 May 1968 - 22 July 1969

Reports at PNSY 25 February 1968 as PCO (Primary CO); places Leahy in commission
4 May 1968   Note 1 

 Captain Orlin N. Putman

23 July 1969 - 19 February 1971

Note 1 - Note 2

 Captain Roy F. Hoffmann
Link 1

 20 February 1971 - 11 September 1972

Biography

 Captain Watt W. Jordan Jr.
Link 1

 12 September 1972 - 31 July 1974

 

 Captain Alexander M. Sinclair
Link 1

 01 August 1974 - 22 October 1976

Note 1

 Captain Samuel S. Pearlman

 23 October 1976 - 11 November 1978

 

Captain Charles H. Ulrich
Link 1

12 November 1978 - 14 March 1981

 

Captain Walter W. Salmon Jr.
Link 1

15 March 1981 - 22 July 1983

 

 Captain Fred W. Bailey

23 July 1983 - 24 July 1985

 

 Captain Gerald D. Anderson
Link 1

 25 July 1985 - 17 July 1987

 

Captain James R. Stark
Link 1

18 July 1987 - 31 October 1989

 

Captain Richard D. West
Link 1

01 November 1989 - 23 November 1991

Note 1

Captain William H. Smith

24 November 1991 - 19 June 1993

De-Commissioned 19 June 1993

 Lieutenant Commander Mark T. Jaszkowski

20 June 1993 - 30 September 1993  

 Last Commanding Officer

 

 Stricken 1 October 1993

 
 

MARAD Custody - 8 October 1993 to
June 2004

Towed To Brownsville, TX In June 2004 And Scrapped


            USS LEAHY CO Photos                   

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