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USCGC Eagle Commanding Officers

The following is a list of Commanding Officers of USCGC Eagle (WIX-327). There have been a total of 31 Eagle captains during her 78 years under USCG commission, and five during her 10 years of commission as Horst Wessel under the Kriegsmarine.

Commanding Officer of USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
Incumbent
CAPT Jessica Rozzi-Ochs
since 24 June 2022
United States Coast Guard
StyleCaptain
Reports toUSCG LANTAREA
First holderCDR Gordon P. McGowan
Unofficial namesEagle
DeputyCDR Patrick Powers, XO
Websitewww.uscga.edu

Many of Eagle's past commanders have gone on to serve with distinction, include ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., who served as the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2010–2014, and VADM James C. Irwin, who served as vice commandant from 1986 to 1988. In all, nie former Eagle commanders and two Horst Wessel commanders achieved flag rank.[1]

Horst Wessel's first commander, German VADM August Thiele served with distinction as commander, Kampfgruppe Thiele during WW2, earning the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and KADM Kurt Weyher continued in the Imperial German Navy tradition of Count Luckner as a merchant raider, earning the post-war Great Cross of Merit.[2]

KMS Horst Wessel

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(Rank at assumption of command)

  • Kapitan zur See August Thiele, 1936–1938[1]
  • Korvettenkapitan Kurt Weyher, January 1939 – September 1939[3]
  • Kapitanleutnant Martin Kretschmar, March 1940 – May 1940[3]
  • Fregattenkapitan Peter E. Eiffe, March 1941 – November 1942[3]
  • Kapitanleutnant Berthold Schnibbe, November 1942 – May 1945[3][4]

USCGC Barque Eagle

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KptLt Berthold Schnibbe (left) with CDR Gordon P. McGowan in Bremerhaven, 1946
 
Four generations of Eagle COs, (L-R) CAPT Jones, ADM Papp, CAPT Pulver, CAPT(ret) Cummings, 2012

(Rank at assumption of command)


No Name Years Notes Refs
1 CDR Gordon P. McGowan 1946–1947 First Eagle CO [4][3]
2 CAPT Miles Imlay 1947–1948 Later   [5]
3 CAPT Carl B. Olsen 1949-1950 Later   [6]
4 CAPT Carl B. Bowman 1950–1954 [7]
5 CAPT Karl O. A. Zittel 1954–1958 [8]
6 CAPT William B. Ellis 1959 Later   [9]
7 CAPT Chester I. Steele 1960–1961 Later   [10]
8 CDR Robert A. Schulz 1961–1962 [11]
9 CAPT William K. Earle 1963–1965 [12]
10 LCDR Peter A. Morrill 1965 [13][11]
11 CDR Archibald B. How 1965–1967 [14]
12 CAPT Stephen G. Carkeek 1967 [15]
13 CAPT Harold A. Paulsen 1968–1971
14 CAPT Edward D. Cassidy 1972–1973 [16]
15 CAPT James C. Irwin 1974–1975 Later   [17]
16 CAPT James R. Kelly 1975–1976 [18]
17 CAPT Paul A. Welling 1976–1980 Later   [19]
18 CAPT Martin J. Moynihan 1980–1983 [20]
19 CAPT Ernst M. Cummings 1983–1988 [21]
20 CAPT David V.V. Wood 1988–1992 [22]
21 CAPT Patrick Stillman 1992–1995 Later   [23]
22 CAPT Donald R. Grosse 1995–1996
23 CAPT Robert J. Papp Jr. 1996–1999 Later   [24]
24 CAPT Ivan T. Luke 1999-2003 [25]
25 CAPT Eric Shaw 2003–2006 [26]
26 CAPT Joseph C. Sinnett 2006–2009 [27]
27 CAPT Eric Jones 2009–2012 Later   [28]
28 CAPT Raymond "Wes" Pulver 2012–2015 [29]
29 CAPT Matthew Meilstrup 2015–2019 [30]
30 CAPT Michael Turdo 2019–2022 [31]
31 CAPT Jessica Rozzi-Ochs 2022– First female CO [32]


References

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  1. ^ a b "Eagle, 1946". CG Historian's Office. 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ Sutherland, Jonathan (2012). Tirpitz: The First Voyage. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 9781844688982.
  3. ^ a b c d e Drumm, Russell (2001). The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard. HMH. ISBN 9780547799810.
  4. ^ a b McGowan, Gordon (2011). The Skipper And The Eagle. Sea History Press. ISBN 9780930248093.
  5. ^ "Rear Admiral Miles H. Imlay". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Rear Admiral Carl B. Olsen". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Truman at the helm of the Coast Guard Academy bark "Eagle"". trumanlibrary.gov. 20 September 1952. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  8. ^ "CAPT Zittel's Legacy". USCGA Alumni Association. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Rear Admiral William B. Ellis". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Rear Admiral Chester I. Steele". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b Academy, USCG (1963). Bulletin of Information. US Department of Transportation, USCGA. p. 28.
  12. ^ Earle, William K (August 1988). "The 'Old Man' and the Eagle". Proceedings. U.S. Naval Institute.
  13. ^ "Peter Morrill Obituary". The Sun Herald. 7 June 2015.
  14. ^ Academy, USCG (1965). Bulletin of Information. US Department of Transportation, USCGA. p. 31.
  15. ^ "Stephen Carkeek Obituary". legacy.com. 9 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Edward Cassidy Obituary". legacy.com. 1 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Vice Admiral James C. Irwin". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  18. ^ Smith, Red (22 June 1976). "It Can Ruin Your Whole Day". New York Times.
  19. ^ "Vice Admiral Paul A. Welling". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  20. ^ Sager, Mike (29 June 1982). "A Swinging Life on a 25-Degree Roll". Washington Post.
  21. ^ Chidlow, Nora L. "Navigation As Silent Art? The Story of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf's Voyage on the EAGLE" (PDF). media.defense.gov. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Captain David Wood". northeastmaritime.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Rear Admiral Patrick M. Stillman". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr". history.uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Ivan T. Luke, Ph.D." US Naval War College. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  26. ^ Schieldrop, Mark (3 April 2016). "Obituary: Eric Shaw, 58, USCG Ret". The Patch.
  27. ^ "U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Sinnett retires after 30 years of service". The Day. 22 April 2013.
  28. ^ "Rear Admiral Eric Jones". uscg.mil. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  29. ^ "Coast Guard Captain Wes Pulver- at the Friends of Fort Trumbull". patch.com. 10 October 2018.
  30. ^ "Captain Matthew T. Meilstrup" (PDF). wardroomclub.org. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  31. ^ "Captain Michael A. Turdo". uscga.edu. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  32. ^ O'Neil, Rob (24 June 2022). "Eagle change of command". Key West Citizen.
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