CDR. Lewis Levi Snyder in command Dec 27 1944 - ?
CDR Edward Maynard Day 1946 - 1948
CDR. Leslie James O'brienJr. 1952 Retired as a upper half Rear Admiral in 1972
CAPT Rock More info needed
CDR Frank John Coulter 1952 - 1953
CDR Carl Richard Berquist 1956 - 1958
CDR Philip Michael Donahue Dates unknown
CDR Robert Gerard Hirsch Dates Unknown
CDR Frank H. Brumby Jr. Dates Unknown
CDR Claude Leonidus Tyler 1962 - 1963 was the Commanding Officer of the USS Willard Keith during her participation in the Cuban Quarantine Operation
CDR Claibourne Sheldon Bradley was the Capt. of the Keith 1963 -64.The Keith was the "Pony express" ship transferring mail and personnel and parts to ships on the line. Operated out of Roosevelt Roads P.R. PHOTO
CDR Dale C. Brumbaugh 1964 - 1965 PHOTO
CDR F. J. Beitzer 1965 - 1967
CDR Donald James Maynard 1967 - 1969
CDR Henry Gerald Ehleringer 1969 - 1971
CDR Billy J. White Dates unknown PHOTO
LCDR John Raymond Brandon 1972 was the Commanding Officer when Keith was transferred to the Colombian Navy. Thus, I was the last actual commanding officer of the ship
CAPT Julius Gostel Jr., SC, USN, completed more than 38 years of active and Reserve service and retired on June 1, 2005, after serving at Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk Detachment, Washington, D.C., and Commander, Headquarters Naval District Washington, D.C. He received his bachelor's degree at Old Dominion College and his master's degree at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. His previous duty stations include Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command, and Commander 5th Fleet, Bahrain; Commander, Naval Forces Marianas, Agana, Guam; Commander, NATO Stabilization Force, Sarajevo, Bosnia; Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA.; Naval Supply Depot, Subic Bay, Philippines; Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, VA.; Military Sealift Command Office, Norfolk, VA.; Navy Regional Contracting Center, Long Beach, Calif.; USS Denver (LPD 9); Naval Facility Bermuda, Southampton, Bermuda; Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Vietnam, Long Xuyen, Vietnam; USS Koelseh (DE 1049); USS Willard Keith (DD 775); and USS Bearss (DD 654).
Commanding Officers
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