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 CMA Training Ship Masters and Commanding Officers
 

May 11, 1930 – Feb 14, 1934 Emil Topp LCDR, USN (ret)
Feb 15, 1934 – Jun 30, 1937 Dr. Richard C. Dwyer LCDR, USNR (ret) [see Note 1]
Jul 1, 1937 – Jun 30, 1940 Neil E. Nichols CAPT, USN (ret)
Jul 1, 1940 – Jun 30, 1941 Claude B. Mayo CAPT, USN (ret) [see Note 2]
Oct 1, 1941 – Feb 1, 1942 Bennett M. Dodson, XO [see Note 3]
Feb 1, 1942 – ??, 1943 Huge Severin, XO LCDR, USNR
??, 1944 – May 1945 Edwin C. Miller, 1st LT LCDR, USN
May 7, 1945 – May 31, 1946 Lester Martin CDR, USNR
Jun 1, 1946 – Aug 9, 1957 Ralph M. G. Swany, CMA D-33 CAPT, USNR (ret) [see Note 4]
Sep 12, 1957 – Oct 11, 1957 Raymond G. Russell, CMA D-34 LCDR, USNR Never sailed as COTS
Oct 14, 1957 – Apr 15, 1958 John W. Anderson
May 29, 1958 – Mar 17, 1960 Edward A. Turpin Died at sea
Jun 6, 1960 – Oct 1, 1971 Carl G. Bowman CAPT, USCG (ret)
Oct 1, 1971 – Nov 30, 1976 William H. Aguilar, CMA D-34
Jan 3, 1977 – Aug 31, 1982 William D. Craig CAPT, USN (ret)
Sep 3, 1982 – Sep 18, 1992 John M. Keever, CMA D-70
Mar, 1993 – Summer, 1993 Justin D. Johnson, CMA D-76
Oct, 1993 – Oct, 1993 Dick Crane, CMA D-59 on loan from Matson for mini-cruise only
Apr, 1994 – Jul, 1994 Bruce P. Butterfield, CMA D-70 on loan from M.S.C. for cruise only
Mar 15, 1995 – Jan 15, 1996 Peter G. Bonebakker, CMA D-68
Jan 16, 1996 – June 30, 2008 John M. Keever, CMA D-70
May 1, 2008 – present Harry Bolton, CMA D-78


 
Note 1: R.C.Dwyer replaced by N.E.Nichols due to Navy requirements for regular Navy officers
to be in charge of Navy owned ships.
Note 2: C.B.Mayo never got a Master's License so command of T.S. was delegated to X.O. and wartime Navy.
Note 3: Early WWII – Superintendent and Master became separate positions.
Note 4: July 1946 – title "MASTER" changed to "COMMANDING OFFICER".

 

 
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