USS Taylor Commanding Officers

USS Taylor (DD 468)

(28 August 1942 to 31 May 1946)

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CDR Benjamin Katz USN *
(Later RADM)
28 August 1942 to 16 January 1944

CDR Nicholas J. Frank, Jr, USN
(Later RADM)
16 January 1944 to 6 February 1945

CDR Henry H. deLaureal, USN
6 February 1945 to 31 May 1946

(Decommissioned: 31 May 1946 to 3 Dec 1951)

USS Taylor (DDE 468)

(3 December 1951 to 2 July 1969)

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CDR Sheldon H. Kinney, USN **
(Later RADM)
2 October 1951 to 17 December 1952

CDR Robert W. McNitt, USN
(Later RADM)
17 December 1952 to 2 October 1954

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CDR Carl Carmichael, USN
2 October 1954 to 19 December 1956

CDR Charles E. Nelson, USN
19 December 1956 to 28 June 1958

CDR John R. Mackie, USN
28 June 1958 to 20 August 1960

CDR Richard J. Coad, USN
20 August 1960 to 9 March 1962

CDR Merwin E. Rasmussen, USN
9 March 1962 to 23 August 1963

CDR Henry J. Racette, Jr, USN
23 August 1963 to 28 July 1965

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CDR Henry J. Racette, Jr, USN
23 August 1963 to 28 July 1965

CDR John F. Matejceck, USN
28 July 1965 to 18 March 1967

CDR James D. Taylor, Jr, USN
18 March 1967 to 4 March 1969

CDR John B. Hurd, USN
4 March 1969 to 2 July 1969

(Decommissioned: 31 May 1946 to 3 December 1951)

* Plank Owner, 28 August 1942
** Plank Owner, 3 December 1951

Taylor Officers to Become Navy Flag Officers

RADM Benjamin Katz, USN *
1942–1944

RADM Alfred H. Angelo, Jr., USN *
1942–1944

RADM Nicholas J. Frank, Jr., USN
1944–1945

RADM Sheldon H. Kinney, USN **
1951–1952

RADM Robert W. McNitt, USN
1952–1954

RADM Gerald E. Gneckow, USN
1960–1962

RADM William Retz, USN
1963–1965

RADM Wirt Fladd, USN
1968–1969

VADM James F. Amerault, USN
1969

* Plank Owner, 28 August 1942
** Plank Owner, 3 December 1951