Patch at left courtesy of CAPT Gene Oleson, CHC, USN (Ret) (bluejacket.com)
Crest at right courtesy of USS Saratoga Association
| Commanding Officers | |||
| Captain Robert Joseph Stroh | USNA 1930 | 14 April 1956 – 1 December 1956 | VADM |
| Captain Robert Brevard Moore | USNA 1932 | 1 December 1956 – 19 December 1957 | RADM |
| Captain Alfred Richard ("Dick") Matter | USNA 1932 | 19 December 1957 – 16 October 1958 | RADM |
| Captain John Joseph Hyland, Jr. | USNA 1934 | 16 October 1958 – 2 November 1959 | ADM |
| Captain Allan Foster Fleming | USNA 1936 | 2 November 1959 – 9 November 1960 | RADM |
| Captain Roger William Mehle | USNA 1937 | 9 November 1960 – 9 November 1961 | RADM |
| Captain Valdemar Greene ("V.G.") Lambert | NAVCAD 1938 | 9 November 1961 – 3 November 1962 | RADM |
| Captain Frederick Thomas Moore, Jr. | NAVCAD 1939 | 3 November 1962 – 28 September 1963 | |
| Captain John Edwin ("Tiger One") Lacouture | USNA 1940 | 28 September 1963 – 2 October 1964 | |
| Captain Jack Milton James | USNA 1942 (1) | 2 October 1964 – 2 September 1965 | RADM |
| Captain Harold Fred Lang | USNA 1943 (2) | 2 September 1965 – 7 October 1966 | |
| Captain Joseph Merit Tully, Jr. | USNA 1942 (1) | 7 October 1966 – 7 September 1967 | |
| Captain John Henry Dick | NAVCAD 1943 | 7 September 1967 – 4 April 1969 | RADM |
| Captain Warren Harold O'Neil | USNA 1945 (3) | 4 April 1969 – 8 August 1970 | RADM |
| Captain Dewitt Leroy Freeman | USNR 1945 | 8 August 1970 – 7 August 1971 | RADM |
| Captain James Richard ("Sandy") Sanderson [Biography] | USNR 1946 | 7 August 1971 – 16 February 1973 | VADM |
| Captain Louis Covington Page, Jr. | USNR 1949 | 16 February 1973 – 12 September 1974 | |
| Captain Robert Francis ("Bob," "Dick"?) Dunn | USNA 1951 | 12 September 1974 – 11 September 1976 | VADM |
| Captain Charles Bryan Hunter | USNA 1954 | 11 September 1976 – 4 February 1978 | RADM |
| Captain Edward Holmes Martin | USNA 1954 | 4 February 1978 – 14 July 1979 | VADM |
| Captain James Henry ("Jim") Flatley III | USNA 1956 | 14 July 1979 – 1 October 1981 | RADM |
| Captain Leonard Gordon Perry | USNR 1957 | 1 October 1981 – 11 November 1983 | RADM |
| Captain John Kenneth Ready | AOC 1961 | 11 November 1983 – 26 March 1985 | VADM |
| Captain Jerry Lee Unruh | NAVCAD 1957 | 26 March 1985 – 7 August 1986 | VADM |
| Captain David Eugene Frost [Biography] | USNA 1963 | 7 August 1986 – 5 March 1988 | VADM |
| Captain James Timothy Matheny | USNR 1961 | 5 March 1988 – 26 April 1990 | |
| Captain Joseph Scott Mobley [Biography] | USNA 1966 | 26 April 1990 – 18 April 1991 | VADM |
| Captain James Michael Drager | AOC 1966 | 18 April 1991 – 4 December 1992 | |
| Captain Donald Alan Weiss [Biography] | USNA 1968 | 4 December 1992 – 20 February 1994 | RADM |
| Captain William Henry Kennedy | AOC 1965 | 20 February 1994 – 20 August 1994 | |
| (1) Graduated on 19 December 1941 with the Class of 1942. [Back] (2) Graduated on 19 June 1942 with the Class of 1943. [Back] (3) Graduated on 7 June 1944 with the Class of 1945. [Back] | |||
Source: USS Saratoga (CV-60) Decommissioning Program, contributed by Robert M. Cieri;
Ron Reeves & Wolfgang Hechler.
Photo of CAPT Flatley courtesy of Harold Tollison, PH3, USS Saratoga, 1978–80.
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