USS Taylor Commanding Officers
USS Taylor (DD 468)
(28 August 1942 to 31 May 1946)
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)
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
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
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