Officers
These Officers (19), were the Commissioning
Officers
| CAPTAIN F. T. THOMPSON | Commanding Officer |
| LIEUTENANT COMMANDER L. C. HAMBLEY | Executive Officer |
| LIEUTENANT J. MC DUGALD | Supply Officer |
| LIEUTENANT R. M. ELLIOTT | First Lieutenant |
| LIEUTENANT L. F. BROWN, JR. | Operations Officer |
| LIEUTENANT (junior grade) A. J. BLANK, JR. | Navigator |
| LIEUTENANT (junior grade) R. T. BURKE | Engineering Officer |
| ENSIGN W. T. HADLEY | Communications Officer |
| ENSIGN R. A. SEWELL | Gunnery Officer |
| ENSIGN W. I. NOONBURG, JR. | Damage Control Officer |
| ENSIGN E. W. GARBISCH, JR. | Commissary Officer |
| ENSIGN T. E. DAUS | Assistant First Lieutenant |
| ENSIGN J. C. GALLOWAY | Damage Control Assistant |
| ENSIGN P. VANDERVOORT | Disbursing Officer |
| ENSIGN L. J. WILLIAMS | Assistant Communications Officer |
| CHIEF CARPENTER W. R. TRITT | Ship's Carpenter |
| CHIEF MACHINIST J. S. KEMPER | Main Propulsion Assistant |
| CHIEF BOATSWAIN D. C. FRESHWATER | Ship's Boatswain |
| CHIEF PAY CLERK F. A. HAWKINS | Stores officer |
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