Appendix J - Part 1

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF COMMANDANTS, EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT

 

1903 Rear Adm. W. C. Wise, USN, Commandant, Navy Yard, Pensacola, and Commandant, Gulf Naval District. Commandant's Office, Navy Yard, Pensacola. (Ltr. to SecNav, 15 May 1903.)
1904 Capt. F. W. Dickins, USN, Commandant, Navy Yard, Pensacola, and Commandant, Eighth Naval District. Commandants Office, Navy Yard, Pensacola. (Ltr. to Chief BuNav, 17 May 1904.)
1910 Rear Adm. Lucien Young, USN, Commandant, Navy Yard, Pensacola, and Commandant, Eighth Naval District. (Ltrs. addressed to him in 1910 and 1911.)
1917 Commodore V. S. Nelson, USN (Ret.), assumed duties as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, and Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, on 6 April.
1918 Rear Adm. Benjamin Tappan, USN, relieved Commodore Nelson as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, in October.
1919 Capt. Geo. P. Cooper, USN, relieved Rear Adm. Tappan as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, in October, and relieved Commodore Nelson as Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans.
1921 Rear Adm. H. F. Bryan, USN, relieved Capt. Cooper as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, and Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, on 19 July.
1921 Rear Adm. T. P. Magruder, USN, relieved Rear Adm. Bryan as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, and Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, in December.
1924 Rear Adm. S. E. W. Kittelle, USN, relieved Adm. Magruder as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, and Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, between January and March.

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1924 Capt. James J. Raby, USN, Commandant, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, was assigned additional duty as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on detachment of Adm. Kittelle on 12 September. Lt. Comdr. J. C. Van de Carr, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, acted as a deputy for the command of the district; he referred anything of major importance to Pensacola. He was relieved on 16 December by Comdr. H. A. McClure, USN.
1926 Rear Adm. Frank B. Upham, USN, relieved Capt. Raby as Commandant, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 6 April. Comdr. R. E. Cassidy, USN, relieved Comdr. McClure as Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, and "Assistant Commandant," Eighth Naval District, in July 1927.
1928 Rear Adm. James J. Raby, USN, relieved Rear Adm. Upham as Commandant, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 12 June. Detached from both duties 23 March.
1929 Rear Adm. Albert W. Marshall, USN, relieved Adm. Raby as Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, and Commandant, Eighth Naval District.
1930 Rear Adm. T. P. Magruder, USN, relieved Rear Adm. Marshall as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 15 July. Adm. Magruder also served as Commandant, Naval Operating Base, New Orleans.
1931 Rear Adm. H. H. Christy, USN, relieved Adm. Magruder as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, and Commandant, Naval Operating Base, New Orleans, in November.
1933 Rear Adm. James J. Raby, USN, Commandant, Sixth Naval District, who already had additional duty as Commandant, Seventh Naval District, assumed additional duty as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 30 June, relieving Rear Adm. Christy. Naval Operating Base, New Orleans, was closed.
1934 The accidental death in January of the Commandant, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Naval Districts, created a problem in command, as the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, was senior to the Chief of Staff, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Naval Districts.

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  Solution: the Chief of Staff served as Acting Commandant, Sixth and Seventh Naval Districts, and handled routine matters of Eighth Naval District "by direction," sending copies of correspondence on Eighth Naval District to the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, who served as Acting Commandant, Eighth Naval District, until a new Commandant was appointed. (See History of Sixth Naval District on this and other administrative matters between 1933 and 1940.)
1940 Capt. Thaddeus A. Thomson, USN, assumed duty as Acting Commandant, and Chief of Staff, Eighth Naval District, on 15 December, relieving Rear Adm. W. H. Allen, who continued as Commandant, Sixth and Seventh Naval Districts. Capt. Philip Seymour, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Station, New Orleans, which was reopened in December 1939, had been serving as Assistant Commandant, Eighth Naval District.
1942 Capt. Frank T. Leighton, USN, relieved Capt. Thomson as Acting Commandant and Chief of Staff, Eighth Naval District, on 22 April.
1942 Rear Adm. Frank T. Leighton, USN, assumed duty as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 12 June.
1943 Capt. E. T. Oates, USN, the Chief of Staff, Eighth Naval District, became Acting Commandant when Rear Adm. Leighton was detached because of illness on 18 March.
1943 Rear Adm. Andrew C. Bennett, USN, assumed command as Commandant, Eighth Naval District, on 14 June, relieving Capt. Oates.

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APPENDIX J - PART 2

DIVISION HEADS - EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT

 

COMMANDANT DATE REPORTED
Capt. T. A. Thomson, USN (Acting) 12-15-40
Capt. F. T. Leighton, USN (Acting) 4-22-42
RAdm. F. T. Leighton, USN 6-12-42
Capt. E. T. Oates, USN (Acting) 3-18-43
RAdm. A. C. Bennett, USN 6-14-43
 
CHIEF OF STAFF
 
Capt. T. A. Thomson, USN 12-15-40
Capt. F. T. Leighton, USN 4-22-42
Capt. E. T. Oates, USN 5-25-42
Capt. A. D. Ayrault, USN 11-3-43
Capt. A. C. Wood, USN 11-26-43
Capt. J. B. Longstaff, USN 11-6-44
 
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF
 
Capt. R. C. Bartman, USN 9-11-41
Capt. A. O. Ayrault, USN 10-16-43
 
AIDS
 
Lt. R. R. Foster, USNR 1-22-41
Lt. A. A. de la Houssaye, USNR 2-4-41
Lt. J. M. Miller, USNR 3-5-41
Lt. G. W. Dodge, USNR 6-1-42
Lt. D. C. Welch, USNR 11-20-42
Lt. M. J. Epley, Jr., USNR 10-16-43
Lt. J. C. Adams, USNR 5-10-45
 
ADMINISTRATIVE AID
 
Lt. (jg) H. H. Cone, (W) USNR 4-1-44
Lt. (Jg) L. N. Broyles, (W) USNR 3-16-45

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FLAG SECRETARY DATE REPORTED
Lt. J. M. Miller, USNR  
Lt.Comdr. R. F. Carter, USNR 1-30-41
Ens. L. E. Baines, USNR 2-13-41
Lt. C. D. Bevan, USNR 3-21-42
Lt. Comdr. C. Bell, USN (Ret.) 4-29-42
Lt. J. E. Ward, USNR 9-20-43
 
SECRETARY AND AIDE TO COMMANDANT
 
Lt. J. E. Ward, USNR 9-21-43
 
ASSISTANT COMMANDANT (LOGISTICS)
 
Capt. A. D. Ayrault, USN 11-26-43
Capt. E. D. Walbridge, USN (Ret.) 8-9-44
 
ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF (PERSONNEL)
 
Capt. C. A. Chappell, USN 2-18-45
 
DIRECTOR OF DISTRIBUTION
 
Comdr. N. Levy, USNR (Ret.) 10-25-44
 
DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLINE
 
Capt. C. A. Chappell (Acting) USN 2-20-45
Comdr. A. A. de la Houssaye, USNR 4-3-45
Capt. J. H. Heintz, USNR 6-24-45
 
DIRECTOR OP WELFARE
 
Comdr. W. A. Kirkland, USNR 6-6-45
 
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING
 
Capt. H. D. Power, USN 5-3-43
Capt. R. B. Dashiell, USN (Ret.) 11-24-44
Comdr. M. A. Heffernan, USNR 3-12-45
 
WAR PLANS
 
Capt. W. H. Ferguson, USN 12-13-40
Comdr. G. D. Cooper, USN 2-13-44

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OPERATIONS DATE REPORTED
Comdr. W. E. G. Erskine, USN (Ret.) 12-15-40
Capt. B. F. Jenkins, USN (Ret.) 1-1-42
Capt. A. D. Ayrault, USN 2-19-43
Capt. A. C. Wood, USN 3-29-43
Comdr. B. T. Zelenka, USN 9-6-43
Capt. W. H. Ferguson, USN 2-12-44
Capt. W. E. Tarbutton, USN (Ret.) 11-11-44
 
COMMANDER INSHORE PATROL
 
Comdr. J. E. Bilson, USN 10-10-40
Comdr. H. B. Broadfoot, USN 2-18-42
Capt. R. J. Carstarphen, USN 3-12-43
Comdr. W. C. Wortham, USNR 1-3-44
Capt. J. H. Jenkins, USN (Ret.) 11-15-44
 
COMMANDER FRONTIER BASES 8ND
 
Capt. J. H. Jenkins, USN (Ret.) 12-23-44
 
PORT DIRECTOR
 
Comdr. W. E. G. Erskine, USN (Ret.) 11-3-39
Capt. H. D. McHenry, USN 5-16-44
 
DISTRICT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
 
Comdr. J. A. Terhune, USN 3-1-41
Comdr. F. Catel, USN 5-4-43
Lt. Comdr. J. B. Ogle, USNR 5-13-44
 
REGISTERED PUBLICATIONS OFFICE
 
Lt. (jg) G. T. McRae, USNR 3-1-41
Lt. Comdr. J. W. Neel, USNR 2-19-43
Lt. J. L. Connor, USNR 10-21-44
 
SECURITY
 
Comdr. W. H. Ferguson, USN 12-11-41
Capt. R. J. Carstarphen, USN 3-6-42
Comdr. E. G. Eiband, USNR 5-15-43

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DISTRICT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER DATE REPORTED
Lt. T. Krum, USNR 5-17-41
Lt. A. L. Read, USNR (Acting) 8-9-41
Comdr. J. G. Stahlman, USNR 11-16-42
Lt. Comdr. H. Hull, USNR 12-7-43
Lt. Comdr. A. A. Allen, USNR 11-17-44
Lt. Comdr. Glenn Mann, USNR 6-11-45
 
DISTRICT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
 
Lt. Comdr. Glenn Mann, USNR 6-11-45
 
DISTRICT NAVAL RESERVE & PERSONNEL OFFICER
 
Capt. L. S. Pamperin, USN 12-10-40
Lt. Comdr. W. J. Harrison, USN 5-13-41
Lt. Comdr. G. T. Howard, USNR 8-16-41
Capt. M. P. Refo, USN 4-11-42
Comdr. J. C. Winn, USN 7-16-43
Comdr. N. Levy, USNR (Ret.) 10-25-44
 
DISTRICT DIRECTOR WOMEN'S RESERVE
 
Lt. Serepta B. Terletzsky, USNR 8-30-43
 
RECREATION AND WELFARE
 
Lt. Comdr. G. E. Bennett, USNR 10-13-41
Lt. W. P. Witt, USNR 4-9-44
 
WAR BONDS PROMOTIONAL OFFICER
 
Lt. W. 0. Walker, USNR 9-21-42
Lt. W. G. McWilliams, USNR 3-8-44
 
DISTRICT SHIP'S SERVICE OFFICER
 
Lt. H. 0. McCarty, USNR 12-2-43
 
HQ SHIP'S SERVICE OFFICERS
 
Lt. T. T. Kopplin, USNR 3-18-42
Lt. P. K. Lantz, USNR 1-3-45
 
DISTRICT CIVIL READJUSTMENT OFFICER
 
Comdr. L. H. Rhudy, USNR 5-9-44
Lt. Comdr. H. G. Diebel, USNR 1-3-45

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CHAPLAIN DATE REPORTED
Capt. R. W. Truitt, USN 10-20-43
Capt. H. G. Glunt, USN 10-31-44
 
INSURANCE AND BENEFITS
 
Lt. S. W. Simpson, USNR 12-6-42
Lt. W. G. Baker, USNR 2-8-45
 
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CONTROL OFFICE
 
Lt. P. T. Hamburger, USNR 10-9-43
 
DISTRICT PERSONNEL CLASSIFICATION OFFICER
 
Lt. W. F. Jones, USNR 7-4-45
 
DISTRICT CIVILIAN PERSONNEL OFFICE
 
Lt. Comdr. R. W. McReynolds, USNR 1-13-41
Lt. J. 0. Schwartz, USNR 8-15-41
Lt. Comdr. E. G. Moorhead, USNR 11-7-41
 
DISTRICT CIVILIAN PERSONNEL DIRECTOR
 
Capt. L. W. Hesselman, USNR (Ret.) 4-27-44
Comdr. R. L. Cook, USNR 3-13-45
 
CENTRAL NAVY DISBURSING
 
Lt. Comdr. G. G. Jordan, USN (Ret.) 2-21-45
Comdr. W. T. Nesbitt, USNR 5-2-45
 
PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE
 
Capt. C. S. Burrell, USN 12-16-40
Capt. F. C. Nyland, USN 12-11-41
Capt. H. E. Bear, USN 9-30-43
Comdr. J. H. Gilbert, USNR (Acting) 3-8-44
 
DISTRICT DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION
 
Lt. Comdr. L. H. Clay, USNR 2-19-43
Lt. H. J. Bemis, USNR 5-14-43
Lt. A. M. Bray, USNR 5-17-45

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COMMISSIONING DETAILS DATE REPORTED
Comdr. L. W. Smythe, USN 2-22-44
Comdr. C. E. Carroll, USN 10-26-44
Comdr. J. L. Dalton, USNR 11-23-44
 
DISTRICT REDISTRIBUTION
 
Lt. Comdr. C. L. Richards, USNR (Acting) 3-23-45
Capt. J. H. Jenkins, USN 6-25-45
 
PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION
 
Lt. W. C. Moffett, Jr., USNR 12-13-44
 
NAVY ACCOUNTS OFFICE
 
Lt. Comdr. L. H. Fowler, USNR 6-30-45
 
PRISON ADMINISTRATION OFFICE
 
Lt. T. Masterson, USNR 10-18-44
 
DISTRICT HOUSING OFFICER
 
Lt. C. A. Gambrill, USNR 2-17-45
 
DISTRICT MARINE OFFICER
 
Lt. Col. W. T. H. Galliford, USMC 7-10-41
 
CAPTAIN OF THE PORT
 
Lt. Comdr. T. Y. Awalt, USCG 3-9-42
 
PASSIVE DEFENSE OFFICER
 
Lt. Comdr. W. J. Ashley 6-1-41
Lt. Comdr. R. W. McReynolds, USNR 8-12-41
 

DISTRICT CLOTHING OFFICER

 
Lt. J. M. Wagner, USNR 4-10-44
 
DISTRICT MESS OFFICER
 
Lt. E. J. Holcomb, USNR 6-2-44
Lt. G. H. Bumpas, USNR 8-1-44

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DISTRICT SHORE PATROL DATE REPORTED
Lt. Comdr. G. E. Wyatt, USNR 8-12-42
Comdr. E. G. Eiband, USNR 9-16-44
 
AIR SEA RESCUE
 
Comdr. W. D. Shields, USCG 10-17-44
Comdr. E. J. Suydam, USCG 4-28-45
 
SELECTIVE SERVICE OFFICER
 
Lt. A. A. de la Houssaye, USNR 8-15-41
Capt. L. W. Hesselman, USNR (Ret.) 12-4-41
 
LEGAL AIDE
 
Lt. A. A. de la Houssaye, USNR 1-20-41
 
DISTRICT LEGAL OFFICER
 
Capt. Donald Gottwald, USMC 8-15-41
Comdr. A. A. de la Houssaye, USNR 12-12-41
 
DISTRICT FITTING OUT OFFICER
 
Condr. H. G. Cooper, USN 10-2-42
 
DISTRICT ORDNANCE OFFICER
 
Comdr. H. G. Cooper, USN 9-26-43
Capt. Ernest May, USNR 10-1-44
Comdr. J. W. Marts, USN 2-18-45
 
DISTRICT MATERIAL OFFICER
 
Comdr. H. G. Cooper, USN 12-14-40
Capt. E. T. Oates, USN 5-13-41
 
INDUSTRIAL MANAGER
 
Capt. T. H. Dunbar, USN 5-22-42
Capt. H. L. Dodson, USN 1-22-43
 
DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER
 
Capt. T. W. Reed, USN 11-16-40
Capt. J. E. Gill, USN 12-23-41
Capt. W. G. Riddick, USN 4-22-44

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DISTRICT DENTAL OFFICER DATE REPORTED
Capt. H. R. Delaney, USN 10-16-43
 
DISPENSARY
 
Capt. W. W. Wickersham, USN 9-5-41
Comdr. W. P. Gardiner, USNR (Ret.) 2-7-42
 
SUPPLY, ACCOUNTING & DISPERSING
 
Capt. R. K. Van Mater, USN (Ret.) 3-1-45
 
DISTRICT SUPPLY OFFICE
 
RAdm. W. C. Fite, USN (Ret.) 1-16-43
Capt. R. K. Van Mater, USN (Ret.) 9-20-44
 
DISTRICT SUPPLY AND ACCOUNTING
 
Capt. K. C. McIntosh, USNR 12-2-40
Capt. R. K. Van Mater, USN (Ret.) 8-1-41
Lt. Comdr. Thomas W. Noel, USNR 3-30-42
 
DISBURSING
 
Capt. K. C. McIntosh, USNR 12-2-40
Lt. Comdr. Wallace Prior, USN (Ret.) 5-9-41
Lt. (jg) J. H. Pole, USNR 7-15-41
Comdr. R. W. Byrnes, USN (Ret.) 8-16-41
Lt. Comdr. G. G. Jordan, USN (Ret.) 9-30-42
 
COMMANDER, NAVAL AIR BASES,
EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT
 
Lt. Comdr. G. S. Mason, USNR 10-16-44
Comdr. Martin Griffin, USN (Ret.) 11-30-44
Lt. Comdr. G. S. Mason, USNR 3-26-45
Comdr. P. T. Stonemetz, USNR 4-16-45

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LIST OF DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
EIGHTH NAVAL DISTRICT
1938 - 1945

NAME REPORTED
Comdr. H. F. FLOYD, USN 8-15-38
*Lieut. R. D. EDWARDS, USN 5-1-39
Comdr. W. I. CAUSEY, USN 6-17-39
Lt. Comdr. M. J. FOSTER, USN (Ret.) 4-4-41
*Lt. Comdr. L. J. HENNESSY, USNR 4-16-41
*Lieut. W. R. SMITH, USNR 4-21-41
*Lt. Comdr. W. O. BALDWIN, USNR 6-26-41
*Lt. Comdr. J. L. ABBOT, USNR 7-21-41
Lt. Comdr. B. CONNELLY, USN 8-4-41
Comdr. G. T. HOWARD, USN (Ret.) 12-16-41
Capt. W. S. HOGG, USN (Ret.) 5-17-42
*Comdr. F. AMES, USNR 9-15-44
Capt. F. L. RIEFKOHL, USN 10-12-44
Capt. W. A. FLY, USN 1-3-45

* ACTING STATUS

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