Commanding Officer's

Presented here is a list of NAFTS members that commanded our tugs and salvage ships.  If we left anyone out it's because the information never made the database.  Please write us.

(Sorted by Last Name)

ID Name Ship <Click> to sort by Ships Name Year
1396 LCDR John W. Ackerman USN Conserver (ARS 39) 1984-1986
1994 CDR Roger D. Aydt USN Cree (ATF 84) 1964-1966
46 CDR Donald E. Babcock USN †Deceased† Tatnuck (ATA 195) 1957-1958
64 Ronald F. Bangert USN †Deceased† Molala (ATF 106) 1947-1949
2472 Major Henry O. Barger USA †Deceased† Gatteville (ST 715) 1944-1946
118 LCDR Ralph W. Bowen USN(ret) Hitchiti (ATF 103) 1968-1971
148 LCDR Robert P. Brittingham USN Recovery (ARS 43) 1982-1985
1362 CDR Kendall J. Chapman USN †Deceased† Nipmuc (ATF 157) 1954-1956
2047 LTJG Franklin J. Conrad USNR †Deceased† Tonkawa (ATA 176) 1944-1947
1529 CAPT Robert V. Cottom USN Salish (ATA 187) 1963-1965
269 CDR Raymond J. Czar USN(ret) †Deceased† Shakori (ATF 162) 1964-1967
278 Duane L. Davis USN †Deceased† Accokeek (ATA 181) 1946
278 Duane L. Davis USN †Deceased† Cahokia (ATA 186) 1947
278 Duane L. Davis USN †Deceased† Kiasutha (YTB 463) 1943
281 VADM Cutler Dawson USN(ret) Molala (ATF 106) 1975-1977
311 CDR. Louis Downey USN(ret) †Deceased† Safeguard (ARS 25) 1964-1967
311 CDR. Louis Downey USN(ret) †Deceased† Abnaki (ATF 96) 1958-1960
312 CDR George W. DuCharme USN(ret) Hitchiti (ATF 103) 1958-1960
322 CAPT Tom Dyer USN(Ret) Takelma (ATF 113) 1960-1962
1727 Capt Robert J. Forsyth USN(ret) Chowanoc (ATF 100) 1959-1961
2315 CDR Chuck N. Goodale USN Conserver (ARS 39) 1967-1969
419 CAPT Richard O. Gooden USN(Ret) Moctobi (ATF 105) 1961-1963
1730 Capt. James F. (Jim) Howick USN(ret) Chowanoc (ATF 100) 1974-1975
1730 Capt. James F. (Jim) Howick USN(ret) Apache (ATF 67) 1973-1974
2430 CDR D. H. Ireland USN Sioux (ATF 75) 1966-1967
539 CDR. Darlene M. Iskra USN Opportune (ARS 41) 1990
593 CDR George W. Kingston USN †Deceased† *ATR 50 1943-1946
594 LCDR Dick Kinsley USN Cahokia (ATA 186) 1969-1971
1686 CDR Francis L. Looney USN Bolster (ARS 38) 1963-1965
1686 CDR Francis L. Looney USN Chickasaw (ATF 83) 1958-1961
1940 CDR Richard L. Lyons USN Beaufort (ATS 2) 1977-1980
707 LCDR Floyd Matthews USN Diver (ARS 5) 1943-1944
707 LCDR Floyd Matthews USN Chickasaw (ATF 83) 1945-1949
717 CDR Richard McClenahan USN Ute (ATF 76) 1958/1961
2107 CDR J. Michael McGrath USN Atakapa (ATF 149) 1972-1974
1497 CAPT Robert B. McMurdo USN †Deceased† Quapaw (ATF 110) 1955-1958
744 RADM James McNulty USN †Deceased† Kiowa (ATF 72) 1961-1963
775 CDR Donald Minnich USN Grapple (ARS 7) 1964-1967
784 CDR Charles M. Montanese, Jr. USCG Lipan (WMEC 85) 1980-1984
798 LCDR Andrew Mosher USN Luiseno (ATF 156) 1967-1969
2172 CDR Dennis R. (Doc) Moss USN Nipmuc (ATF 157) 1972-1973
813 LCDR Charles Murrell USN Koka (ATA 185) 1961-1963
2147 Captain Carl A. Nelson USN Cocopa (ATF 101) 1963-1964
2431 CAPT Jerry O'Donnell USN Tawakoni (ATF 114) 1974-1976
863 LCDR Robert Owens USN Cree (ATF 84) 1968-1970
985 LCDR Charles Roop USN †Deceased† Tawasa (ATF 92) 1966-1968
1466 LCDR Richard W. Rosenbach USN †Deceased† Tatnuck (ATA 195) 1969-1971
1026 CDR Barbara Scholley USN Bolster (ARS 38) 1992-1994
1030 RADM William Schwob USCG(Ret) Cherokee (WATF 165) 1965-1967
1051 LT Edward Siegrist, Jr. USN Chowanoc (ATF 100) 1965-1967
1082 CDR. Charles L. Smith USN(ret) †Deceased† Chickasaw (ATF 83) 1963-1964
2297 CAPT Chester B. Smith USN Grapple (ARS 7) 1975-1977
2297 CAPT Chester B. Smith USN Moctobi (ATF 105) 1979-1981
1111 LCDR Gerald "Casey" Stangl USN Current (ARS 22) 1956-1958
1111 LCDR Gerald "Casey" Stangl USN Takelma (ATF 113) 1950-1953
1192 LT(LDO) Duane Tucker USN Arikara (ATF 98) 1969-1971
2215 LCDR G. W. Waters USN Tawasa (ATF 92) 1970-1972
2454 LCDR (ret) James H. Wheaton USN Chowanoc (ATF 100) 1970-1972
2456 LCDR Ray Wishmeyer USN Cocopa (ATF 101) 1948-1950
2456 LCDR Ray Wishmeyer USN Grapple (ARS 7) 1950-1952
1864 LCDR Raymond J. Zogg USN Tatnuck (ATA 195) 1967-1969

 

 

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