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PATROL SQUADRON 47 AND PREDECESSOR UNITS

ESTABLISHED AS PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY SEVEN (VP-27) :                        01 JUN   1944
RE-DESIGNATED PATROL BOMBING SQUADRON TWENTY SEVEN (VPB-27):       01 OCT  1944
RE-DESIGNATED PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY SEVEN (VP-27):                          15 MAY  1946
RE-DESIGNATED MEDIUM SEAPLANE SQUADRON SEVEN (VP-MS-7):                   15 NOV  1946
RE-DESIGNATED PATROL SQUADRON FORTY SEVEN (VP-47):                             01 SEP  1948
COMMANDING OFFICERS, PATROL SQUADRON FORTY SEVEN AND PREDECESSOR
UNITS 1944 TO PRESENT
LCDR    WARREN         WEEKS                            19MAY1947
CDR      BEECHER        SNIPES                            01JUN 1948
CDR      JOE H.              ARNOLD                         11JUN 1949
CDR      W,T,                 HARDAKER                     31JUN 1951
LCDR    H.E.                  THAYER                          28MAR1952
CDR      EDGAR F,        HAZLETON                         OCT1953
CDR      JOHN W.           LAWYER  JR.                     OCT1955
CDR      LLOYD E,         SLOAN                                APR 1956
CDR      J.S.                   FAHLGREN                     20MAY1957
CDR      J.D.                   HAZARD                         14NOV1958
CDR      HENRY             GORMAN                        15OCT1959
CDR      J.S.                   MUSIAL                           14OCT1960
CDR      J.F.                   DOW                               16OCT1962
CDR      J.H.                    HENSEN                         22OCT1962
CDR      T.E.                   SMITHEY                        09OCT1963
CDR      LEROY V.          ALTZ  JR.                       06OCT1964
CDR      J.R.                     PICKENS                                  1965
CDR      A.L.                    JANSEN                                    1966
CDR      DONOVAN B.      QUIGLEY                       05AUG1967
CDR      C.M.                    LENTZ                           19JUL  1968
CDR      A.L.                     RAITHEL JR.                  05JUN 1969
CDR      J.G.                     GAHAFER                      05JUN 1970
CDR      R.D.                    MUNSON                        30APR1971
CDR      DAN                    WOLKENSDORFER       28APR1972
CDR      R.                        FEATHERSTON                       1973
CDR      JOHN M.              LORUSSO                     19APR1974
CDR      PETER T.           SMITH                            29APR1975
CDR      DENNIS T.           GRAFF                          28APR1976
CDR      GARY A.              WELLS                          05APR1977
CDR      ARTHUR J.           JOHNSON                     25JUL1996
CDR      DANIEL T.            DENIKE JR                    28APR1978
CDR      ROBERT             TESTWUIDE JR.           16MAR1979
CDR      DANIEL T.           TWOMEY                      30APR1980
CDR      DENNIS A.           PIGNOTTI                     15APR1981
CDR      BRUCE W.           BARKER                       16APR1982
CDR      STANLEY M.       BROWN III                     05APR1983
CDR      STEPHEN            QUIGLEY JR.                 12JUL1984
CDR      KARL O.              KRUMBHOLZ                12SEP1985
CDR      FREDERICK A     CAST                            08SEP1986
CDR      CHRISTOPHER    LARSEN                       08SEP1987
CDR      MARTIN R.           HILL                              26AUG1988
CDR      FREDERICK S.    GAY                              06SEP1989
CDR      WILLIAM E.          MUNSEE                       01AUG1990
CDR      ROBERT             SCHUTZENHOFER        12SEP1991
CDR      RICHARD S.        HAMMOND                    11SEP1992
CDR      ROBERT J.         CONNELLY                    03SEP1993
CDR      WALTER M.        SKINNER                        03SEP1994
CDR      STEVEN L.         BRIGANTI                       23AUG1995
CDR      ARTHUR J,         JOHNSON                        05JUL1996
CDR      MICHAEL            MORGAN                       17JUN
1997             
CDR     KEITH A.       BLUESTEIN                                 2001
CDR     GERAL K.     DAVID                            03MAY  2002
CDR     JOSEPH W    LISENBY.                       23MAY 2003
CDR     THOMAS F.  McGOVERN                                2004
CDR     J.W.              LANDERS                                   2005
CDR     D.J.               SCHEBLER                                 2006
CDR     STEVEN E.    DEAL                                         2007
CDR     DAVID M.       WRIGHT                                    2008
CDR     BARNETT      STEVE                                       2009
CDR     GEORGE       LANDIS III                                   2010
CDR     KJELL            WANDER                                   2011
CDR                                                                             2012
CDR                                                                             2013
CDR                                                                             2014
CDR                                                                             2015
CDR                                                                             2016