List of commanders of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

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This is a listing of commandants and commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

Brief timeline

Main article: Timeline of Guantánamo Bay
  • 10 Jun 1898 : U.S. occupation.
  • 23 Feb 1903 : U.S. leases naval station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.[1]
  • 6 Oct 1903 : Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.[2]
  • 12 Dec 1913 : Naval Station officially opens. Cuban flag lowered.
  • 31 May 1934 : The 1934 Treaty of Relations[3] abrogates the 1903 Treaty of Relations,[4] explicitly spells out the right for the US to walk away from the lease.[5]
  • 1 Apr 1941 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Operating Base, after vast construction program for build-up of the Station Frederick Snare Corporation.[6]
  • 18 Jun 1952 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

List of commanders and commandants

Commandants

  • 10 Dec 1903 – May 1904 : William H. Allen
  • 17 May 1904 – Sep 1906 : Charles C. Rogers
  • 8 Sep 1906 – Jul 1907 : Albert A. Ackerman
  • Aug 1907 – May 1908 : Clark D. Stearns (acting)
  • May 1908 – April 1909 : Charles H. Harlow
  • May 1909 – Nov 1909 : Myles Joyce (acting)
  • Nov 1909 – Jan 1912 : Walter Ball
  • 18 Jan 1912 – Jun 1913 : George W. Kline
  • Jun 1913 – Jan 1914 : Merritt S. Corning (acting)
  • Jan 1914 – Oct 1914 : Hilary Williams
  • Dec 1914 – May 1916 : John M. Luby
  • 4 May 1916 – Sep 1917 : CDR Dudley Wright Knox
  • Sep 1917 – Nov 1918 : E.E. Wright
  • Dec 1918 – Sep 1920 : Guy Whitlock
  • Sep 1920 – Jun 1921 : John J. Hannigan
  • Jun 1921 – May 1923 : Robert T. Menner
  • May 1923 – Jun 1924 : Ward K. Wortman
  • Jun 1924 – Jun 1926 : Charles M. Tozer
  • Jun 1926 – Aug 1928 : Charles C. Soule, Jr.
  • Aug 1928 – Jun 1930 : Charles S. McWhorter
  • Aug 1930 – Feb 1931 : Alfred Hart Miles
  • Feb 1931 – May 1933 : Thomas L. Johnson
  • Jun 1933 – Jun 1934 : Edward C. Raguet
  • Jun 1934 – Apr 1936 : Charles "Savvy" M. Cooke Jr.
  • May 1936 – Jun 1938 : Mark L. Hersey, Jr.
  • Jun 1938 – Aug 1940 : Worral Reed Carter
  • Sep 1940 – Mar 1944 : George L. Weyler

Commanders

  • Apr 1944 – Oct 1944 : F.A. Braisted
  • Oct 1944 – Dec 1945 : J.J. Mahoney
  • Jan 1946 – May 1948 : C.E. Battle, Jr.
  • Jun 1948 – Jun 1950 : W.K. Phillips
  • Jun 1950 – Dec 1950 : A.M. Bledsoe
  • Dec 1950 – Jan 1953 : M.E. Murphy
  • Jan 1953 – Dec 1953 : C.L.C. Atkeson
  • Feb 1954 – Sep 1955 : E.B. Taylor
  • Sep 1955 – Oct 1956 : W.G. Cooper
  • Dec 1956 – Nov 1958 : R.B. Ellis
  • Nov 1958 – Oct 1960 : F.W. Fenno
  • Nov 1958 – Oct 1960 : E.J. O'Donnell
  • Dec 1962 – Dec 1963 : J.W. Davis
  • Dec 1963 – Jun 1966 : RADM John Duncan Bulkeley
  • Jun 1966 – Jul 1968 : E.R. Crawford
  • Jul 1968 – Jun 1970 : James B. Hildreth
  • Jun 1970 – Aug 1972 : B. McCauley
  • Aug 1972 – Jun 1973 : Leo B. McCuddin
  • Jun 1973 – Jul 1975 : Ralph M. Ghormley
  • Jul 1975 – Jun 1977 : J.H. McConnell
  • Jun 1977 – Feb 1979 : D.W. DeCook
  • Feb 1979 – Mar 1981 : John H. Fetterman, Jr.
  • Mar 1981 – 18 Oct 1983 : M.D. Fitzgerald
  • 18 Oct 1983 – 28 Oct 1985 : R.A. Allen
  • 28 Oct 1985 – Apr 1988 : John R. Condon
  • Apr 1988 – Jun 1990 : John S. Boyd
  • Jun 1990 – Aug 1992 : W.C. McCamy, Jr.
  • Aug 1992 – Sep 1994 : W.M. DeSpain
  • Sep 1994 – Sep 1995 : James F. Boland, Jr.
  • Sep 1995 – Apr 1997 : Jim Cannon
  • Apr 1997 – 12 May 2000 : Larry E. Larson
  • 12 May 2000 – 27 Mar 2003 : Robert A. Buehn
  • 27 Mar 2003 – 9 Jul 2005 : Leslie J. McCoy
  • 9 Jul 2005 – 19 Sep 2005 : Lawrence S. Cotton, Jr.
  • 19 Sep 2005 – Sep 2008 : CAPT Mark M. Leary
  • Sep 2008 – Sep 2010 : CAPT Steve Blaisdell
  • Sep 2010 – July 2012 : CAPT Kirk Hibbert
  • Jul 2012 – Jan 2015 : CAPT J.R. Nettleton, relieved[7] by Rear Adm. Mary M. Jackson
  • Jan 2015 – Mar 2015 : CAPT Scott Gray
  • Mar 2015 – present : CAPT David C. Culpepper

References

  1. ^ Text of Feb 1903 lease, part 1 The agreement also required the U.S. to establish another station at Bahía Honda.
  2. ^ Text of July 1903 lease, part 2 The lease was executed in two parts.
  3. ^ 1934 treaty of relations
  4. ^ Proclamation containing the text of the 1903 Treaty of Relations
  5. ^ This was implied by the 1903 July Lease in Article 1 sentence 1.
  6. ^ Wikipedia: Timeline of Guantanamo
  7. ^ http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=85277
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