Commanding Officers of the USS Coontz

CDR Herbert Hamilton Ries    Jul 15 1960 - Jul 14 1962
CDR James Richard Collier    Jul 14 1962 - Mar 7 1964
CDR Eugene C. Kenyon Jr.    Mar 7 1964 - Aug 14 1965
CDR Charles Ward Cummings    Aug 14 1965 - Jul 27 1967 (Later RADM)
CDR Eugene Dale Geiger    Jul 27 1967 - Feb 7 1969
CDR Donald Patterson Roane    Feb 7 1969 - Jul 8 1970 (Later RADM)
CDR Thomas Joseph Bowen    Jul 8 1970 - Feb 23 1971
(Decommissioned Feb 23 1971 - Mar 18 1972)
CDR Thomas Rogers M. Emery    Mar 18 1972 - Dec 20 1973 (Later RADM)
CDR Frederic Northey Howe Jr.    Dec 20 1973 - Mar 6 1976
CDR Silas Oscar (Sy) Nunn III    Mar 6 1976 - Apr 8 1978
CDR Walter Potts Martin    Apr 8 1978 - Sep 28 1979
CDR Clifford P. Willoz Jr.    Sep 28 1979 - Sep 6 1981
CDR Joseph Paul Reason    Sep 6 1981 - Dec 17 1982 (Later ADM)
CDR Leon Preston Brooks Jr.    Dec 17 1982 - Feb 25 1985
CDR Charles Henry Gnerlich    Feb 25 1985 - Apr 11 1987
CDR William Wilson Cobb Jr.    Apr 11 1987 - Jul 21 1989 (Later RADM)
LCDR William Elwood Cox    Jul 21 1989 - Oct 4 1989