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COMMANDING OFFICERS OF USS MASSEY DD 778<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Captain<\/strong><\/td>\nService<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles W. Aldrich<\/td>\nNov 1944 \u2013 Nov 1945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donald I. Thomas<\/td>\nNov 1945 \u2013 Dec 1946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forrest M. Price<\/td>\nDec 1946 \u2013 xxx<\/span> 1947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alan Nibbs<\/td>\nxxx<\/span> 1947 \u2013 Apr 1949<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edward R. King<\/td>\nApr 1949 \u2013 Aug 1951<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herbert Kriloff<\/td>\nAug 1951 \u2013 Jul 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R.B. Harrell<\/td>\nJul 1953 \u2013 Aug 1955<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Felix L. Englander<\/td>\nAug 1955 \u2013 Sept 1956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel V. James<\/td>\nSept 1956 \u2013 Apr 1958<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles J. Hemmingson<\/td>\nApr 1958 \u2013 Nov 1959<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen L. Rusk<\/td>\nNov 1959 \u2013 Nov 1961<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert H. Cook<\/td>\nNov 1961 \u2013 Nov 1963<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philip J. Rush<\/td>\nNov 1963 \u2013 Feb 1965<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John S. Kearns<\/td>\nFeb 1965 \u2013 Jun 1966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William S. Lewis<\/td>\nJun 1966 \u2013 Jul 1968<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William V. Garcia<\/td>\nJul 1968 \u2013 Dec 1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas F. Niedbala<\/td>\nDec 1969 \u2013 Aug 1971<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas B. Hudgins<\/td>\nAug 1971 \u2013 Jan 1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John D. Eckert<\/td>\nJan 1973 \u2013 Sep 1973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ronald V. Paul<\/td>\n4 Sep 1973 \u2013 17 Sep 1973 (date of decommissioning)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note<\/strong>:  The historical information provided on this web site is not the official history of the USS MASSEY.  It is based in part on the recollection of many authors, some former Commanding Officers, all former MASSEY shipmates, who contributed to developing the chronology of events that marked some of the noteworthy contributions of this fine Man O’ War to our Navy’s history over nearly 30 years of active service.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COMMANDING OFFICERS OF USS MASSEY DD 778 Captain Service Charles W. Aldrich Nov 1944 \u2013 Nov 1945 Donald I. Thomas Nov 1945 \u2013 Dec 1946 Forrest M. Price Dec 1946 \u2013 xxx 1947 Alan Nibbs xxx 1947 \u2013 Apr 1949 Edward R. King Apr 1949 \u2013 Aug 1951 Herbert Kriloff Aug 1951 \u2013 Jul 1953…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803043,"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/803043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ussmasseyassociation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}