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Commanding Officers of the
USS Bushnell AS-15
Rank
Last, First & Middle Name
Picture or Info. ?
Dates Served on USS Bushnell
Commander
Bonney, Carroll Taber
No
April 1943 - October 1944
Captain
Fish, Howell Church
No
October 1944 - January 1946
Captain
Kirk, Oliver Grafton
No
January 1946 - May 1947
Captain
MacGregor III, Edgar John
No
May 1947 - April 1948
USS Bushnell Decommissioned
No
April 1948 - February 1952
Captain
Garnett, Philip Weaver
No
February 1952 - July 1953
Captain
Bennett, Carter Lowe
No
July 1953 - July 1954
Captain
Walker, Francis David Jr.
No
July 1954 - July 1955
Captain
Baskett, Thomas Slack
No
July 1955 - July 1956
Captain
Hayler, Frank Edward
No
July 1956 - July 1957
Captain
Hess, John Borden
No
July 1957 - July 1958
Captain
Mann, Stephen Stafford Jr.
No
July 1958 - July 1959
Captain
McGivern, Charles Francis
No
July 1959 - July 1960
Captain
Davey, Harry Ellsworth Jr.
No
July 1960 - October 1961
Captain
Miller, Jim Dick
No
October 1961 - January 1963
Captain
Smith, Harvey Jacob Jr. (Snuffy)
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January 1963 - July 1964
Captain
Gallemore, Roy Holland
Yes
July 1964 - July 1965
Captain
Cowdrey, Roy Briand
Yes
July 1965 - August 1966
Captain
Gallemore, James Gilbert
Yes
August 1966 - October 1967
Captain
Purinton, David Franklin
Yes
October 1967 - August 1969
Captain
Bilderback, Oral John
Yes
August 1969 - June 1970
USS Bushnell Decommissioned
No
June 1970 - May 1983
USS Bushnell Sunk -Testing of MK 48 ADCAP Torpedo
Yes
31 May, 1983