List of commanders of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

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Map of Guantánamo Bay showing approximate U.S. Naval Base boundaries.

This is a listing of commandants and commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, located in Guantánamo Bay on Cuba.

Brief timeline[edit]

Main article: Timeline of Guantánamo Bay
  • 10 June 1898 : U.S. occupation.
  • 23 February 1903 : U.S. leases naval station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.[1]
  • 6 October 1903 : Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S.[2]
  • 12 December 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 April 1941 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Operating Base, after vast construction program for build-up of the Station Frederick Snare Corporation.[6]
  • 18 June 1952 : Renamed Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

List of commanders and commandants[edit]

Commandants[edit]

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

Commanders[edit]

  • April 1944 – October 1944 : F.A. Braisted
  • October 1944 – December 1945 : J.J. Mahoney
  • January 1946 – May 1948 : C.E. Battle Jr.
  • June 1948 – June 1950 : W.K. Phillips
  • June 1950 – December 1950 : A.M. Bledsoe
  • December 1950 – January 1953 : M.E. Murphy
  • January 1953 – December 1953 : C.L.C. Atkeson
  • February 1954 – September 1955 : E.B. Taylor
  • September 1955 – October 1956 : W.G. Cooper
  • December 1956 – November 1958 : R.B. Ellis
  • November 1958 – October 1960 : Frank W. Fenno
  • December 1960 - 22 December 1962 : RADM Edward J. O'Donnell
  • 22 December 1962 – December 1963 : RADM J.W. Davis
  • December 1963 – June 1966 : RADM John D. Bulkeley
  • June 1966 – July 1968 : E.R. Crawford
  • July 1968 – June 1970 : James B. Hildreth
  • June 1970 – August 1972 : B. McCauley
  • August 1972 – June 1973 : Leo B. McCuddin
  • June 1973 – July 1975 : Ralph M. Ghormley
  • July 1975 – June 1977 : John H. McConnell
  • June 1977 – 7 February 1979 : David W. DeCook
  • 7 February 1979 – 20 March 1981 : John H. Fetterman Jr.
  • 20 March 1981 – 18 October 1983 : M.D. Fitzgerald
  • 18 October 1983 – 28 October 1985 : R.A. Allen
  • 28 October 1985 – 26 April 1988 : John R. Condon
  • 26 April 1988 – 14 June 1990 : John S. Boyd
  • 14 June 1990 – 21 August 1992 : W.C. McCamy Jr.
  • 21 August 1992 – 2 September 1994 : W.M. DeSpain
  • 2 September 1994 – 15 September 1995 : James F. Boland Jr.
  • 15 September 1995 – 25 April 1997 : Jim Cannon
  • 25 April 1997 – 12 May 2000 : Larry E. Larson
  • 12 May 2000 – 27 March 2003 : Robert A. Buehn
  • 27 March 2003 – 9 July 2005 : Leslie J. McCoy
  • 9 July 2005 – 19 September 2005 : Lawrence S. Cotton Jr.
  • 19 September 2005 – September 2008 : CAPT Mark M. Leary
  • September 2008 – September 2010 : CAPT Steve Blaisdell
  • September 2010 – July 2012 : CAPT Kirk Hibbert
  • July 2012 – January 2015 : CAPT J.R. Nettleton, relieved[7] by RADM Mary M. Jackson
  • January 2015 – March 2015 : CAPT Scott Gray
  • March 2015 – June 2018 : CAPT David C. Culpepper
  • June 2018 – June 2021 : CAPT John Fischer
  • June 2021 – present : CAPT Samuel White [8]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Commanding Officer Relieved". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Co".
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