Commanding Officers
The following Captains served aboard the USS John F Kennedy aircraft carrier.
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VADM - Vice Admiral
RADM -
Rear Admiral
CAPT - Captain
XO -
Captains and Deployments
| Name | Graduated |
Deployment Dates |
Title |
Mission No. |
| CAPT Earl Preston ("Buddy") Yates | USNA '44 |
7 September 1968 - 3 September 1969 |
RADM |
1 |
| CAPT Julian S. Lake | NAVCAD |
3 September 1969 - 4 September 1970 |
RADM |
1 |
| CAPT Ferdinand Brailler Koch | USNA '45 |
4 September 1970 - 1 October 1971 |
RADM |
2 |
| CAPT Robert Hugh Gormley | USNA '48a |
1 October 1971 - 30 November 1972 |
RADM |
3 |
| CAPT John Curtis Dixon Jr. | USNA '49 |
30 November 1972 - 24 May 1974 |
RADM |
4 |
| CAPT William A. ("Bill") Gureck | NAVCAD |
24 May 1974 - 29 November 1975 |
RADM |
5 |
| CAPT John Robert Cummings Mitchell | USNA '52 |
29 November 1975 - 14 May 1977 |
5, 6, 7 |
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| CAPT Jerry Owen Tuttle | NAVCAD |
14 May 1977 - 27 November 1978 |
VADM |
7, 8 |
| CAPT Lowell Richard ("Moose") Myers | NAVCAD |
27 November 1978 - 27 June 1980 |
RADM |
8 |
| CAPT Diego E. Hernandez | NAVCAD |
27 June 1980 - 29 August 1981 |
VADM |
9 |
| CAPT Denny Bruce Cargill | NAVCAD |
29 August 1981 - 14 April 1983 |
RADM |
10, 11 |
| CAPT Gary Francis Wheatley | USNA '59 |
14 April 1983 - 5 September 1984 |
RADM |
12, 13 |
| CAPT William Rankin McGowen | USNA '59 |
5 SEP 1984 - 1 May 1986 |
RADM |
|
| CAPT John Alden Moriarty | NAVCAD |
1 May 1986 - 29 January 1988 |
RADM |
14 |
| CAPT Hugh Dennis Wisely | NAVCAD |
29 January 1988 - 27 May 1989 |
RADM |
15 |
| CAPT Herbert A. Browne Jr. | NAVCAD |
27 May 1989 - 7 December 1990 |
VADM |
16 |
| CAPT John P. Gay | NAVCAD |
7 December 1990 - 6 March 1992 |
16 |
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| CAPT Timothy Robert Beard | USNA '66 |
6 March 1992 - 24 June 1993 |
RADM |
17 |
| CAPT J. R. (John Rudolph) Hutchison | USNA '69 |
24 June 1993 - 27 January 1995 |
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| CAPT Gerald Lee Hoewing | NAVCAD |
27 January 1995 - 15 July 1996 |
VADM |
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| CAPT Edward Joseph Fahy Jr. | USNA '70 |
15 July 1996 - 9 December 1997 |
RADM |
18 |
| CAPT Robin Y. Weber | NAVCAD |
9 December 1997 - 6 August 1999 |
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| CAPT Michael Harold Miller | USNA '74 |
6 August 1999 - 23 October 2000 |
RADM |
19 |
| CAPT Maurice Stephen ("Moe") Joyce | NAVCAD |
23 October 2000 - 13 December 2001 |
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| CDR James Gregorski (XO) in temporary command |
NAVCAD |
13 December 2001 - 17 December 2001 |
CAPT |
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| CAPT Johnny Lee ("Turk") Green | NAVCAD |
17 December 2001 - 12 February 2002 |
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| CAPT Ronald Holstein Henderson Jr. | NAVCAD |
12 February 2002 - 8 April 2004 |
RADM |
20 |
| CAPT Stephen George Squires | NAVCAD |
8 April 2004 - 27 August 2004 |
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| CAPT John W. ("Fozzy") Miller | USNA '79 |
27 August 2004 - 5 October 2004 |
RADM |
21 |
| CAPT Dennis E. FitzPatrick | NAVCAD |
5 October 2004 - 26 May 2006 |
RADM |
21 |
| CAPT Todd Allen Zecchin | AVROC |
26 May 2006 - 23 March 2007 |
CAPT Ronald Bradley Robinson (XO), was the Officer in Charge (USNA '83) from 23 March 2007 to 24 July 2007 when the ship was decommissioned.
Mission numbers - cross-referenced from table above:
| 1 | 5Apr69 - 21Dec69 | Mediterranean | |
| 2 | 14Sep70 - 1Mar71 | Mediterranean | |
| 3 | 18Nov71 - 10May72 | Mediterranean | |
| 4 | 16Apr73 - 1Dec73 | Mediterranean | |
| 5 | 28Jun75 - 25Jan76 | Mediterranean | |
| 6 | 2Sep76 - 9Nov76 | NorLant | |
| 7 | 15Jan77 - 1Aug77 | Mediterranean | |
| 8 | 29Jun78 - 8Feb79 | Mediterranean | |
| 9 | 8Aug80 - 28Mar81 | Mediterranean | |
| 10 | 29Oct81 - 11Dec81 | Caribbean | |
| 11 | 4Jan82 - 14Jul82 | Mediterranean, Indian Ocean | |
| 12 | 26Apr83 - 1Jul83 | NorLant | |
| 13 | 27Sep83 - 2May84 | Mediterranean | |
| 14 | 18Aug86 - 2Mar87 | Mediterranean | |
| 15 | 2Aug88 - 1Feb89 | Mediterranean | |
| 16 | 15Aug90 - 28Mar91 | Desert Shield & Desert Storm | |
| 17 | 7Oct92 - 7Apr93 | Mediterranean | |
| 18 | 29Apr97 - 28Oct97 | Mediterranean, Persian Gulf | |
| 19 | 22Sep99 - 19Mar00 | Mediterranean, Persian Gulf | |
| 20 | 7Feb02 - 17Aug02 | Mediterranean; Northern Arabian Sea; Persian Gulf - Jebel Ali & Bahrain | |
| 21 | 7Jun04 - 13Dec04 | Mediterranean, Persian Gulf |
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