USS SOUTHERLAND DD-743 / DDR-743 History
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Commanding Officers
CDR Duncan Patterson Dixon Jr. Oct 18 1945 - Oct 4 1946
CDR Donald Ellsworth Pugh Oct 4 1946 - Jun 16 194
CDR Merrill Merritt Sanford Jun 16 1948 - Oct 3 1949
CDR Edward Jospeh Mulquin Oct 3 1949 - May 8 1950
LCDR Manley Conroy Osborne May 8 1950 - May 13 1950
CDR Homer Earl Conrad May 13 1950 - Dec 21 1951
LCDR David Abbott Merrill Dec 21 1951 - Dec 31 1951
CDR Homer Earl Conrad Dec 31 1951 - May 16 1952
CDR Otis Albert Wesche May 16 1952 - Mar 19 1954
CDR Parker Broadhurst Armstrong Mar 19 1954 - Jan 13 1956 (Later VADM)
CDR John Frederic Felter Jan 13 1956 - Jan 10 1958
CDR Verner Utke-Ramsing Jan 10 1958 - Jul 16 1959
CDR George Orkovic Jul 16 1959 - Sep 23 1961
CDR Francis Edward Field Sep 23 1961 - Jun 21 1963
CDR William Lee Hough Jun 21 1963 - Jan 18 1964 (Later RADM)
LCDR Richard James Skinner Jan 18 1964 - Oct 6 1964
CDR Murrel Coburn Brite Oct 6 1964 - Feb 15 1966
CDR Eric Neil Fenno Feb 15 1966 - Sep 9 1967
CDR Richard Boyden Macfie Sep 9 1967 - Jun 19 1969
CDR William Everett Kennedy Jun 19 1969 - Mar 19 1971
CDR Jon Charles Woodyard Mar 19 1971 - Aug 11 1972
CDR Peter Stevan Roder Aug 11 1972 - Feb 16 1974
CDR Robert Morgan Wellborn Jr. Feb 16 1974 - Jul 16 1976
CDR Bruce Wheelon Hulbert Jul 16 1976 - Oct 13 1978
CDR Michael Harry Freeman Oct 13 1978 - Feb 26 1981