The officers listed below commanded the USS Shields. The ranks given are the ranks of the commanding officer while onboard. Many commanding officers were later promoted. In particular, Paul Walter Rohrer and Albert Francis Hllingsworth both became admirals.
CDR George Bernard Madden Feb 8 1945 - Jun 12 1945 LCDR George Thornhill McDaniel Jr. Jun 12 1945 - Oct 22 1945 LCDR Marcy Mathias DuPre III Oct 22 1945 - Jun 14 1946 LCDR Miles Rush Finley Jr. Jul 15 1950 - Apr 2 1952 CDR William Sherman Kirkpatrick Jr. Apr 2 1952 - Mar 20 1954 CDR Leigh Cosart (Early) Winters Mar 20 1954 - Mar 23 1955 CAPT Robert Henderson Holmes Mar 23 1955 - Apr 7 1955 CDR Albert Francis Hollingsworth Apr 7 1955 - Apr 5 1957 CDR Richard Morgan Wright Apr 5 1957 - Mar 8 1958 CDR Samuel Lewis Morton Mar 8 1958 - Apr 4 1960 CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr. Apr 4 1960 - Mar 13 1961 CDR Joseph Lewis Sperandio Mar 13 1961 - May 2 1961 CDR Arthur LaGrange Battson Jr. May 2 1961 - Sep 13 1961 CAPT Robert Lee Wessel Sep 13 1961 - Apr 18 1963 CDR Howard Jackson Ursettie Apr 18 1963 - Sep 17 1964 CDR Victor Gordon Warriner Sep 17 1964 - Oct 23 1965 CDR John Francis Tarpey Oct 23 1965 - Apr 8 1967 CAPT Paul Walter Rohrer Apr 8 1967 - Oct 28 1968 CDR Robert Joseph Forsyth Oct 28 1968 - Jun 17 1970 CDR Billy Banks Traweek Jun 17 1970 - Dec 10 1971 CDR William Frederick (Fritz) Wolff Dec 10 1971 - Jul 1 1972
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