List of commanders of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

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

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

Commandants

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

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

^ Text of Feb 1903 lease, part 1 The agreement also required the U.S. to establish another station at Bahía Honda.
^ Text of July 1903 lease, part 2 The lease was executed in two parts.
^ 1934 treaty of relations
^ Proclamation containing the text of the 1903 Treaty of Relations
^ This was implied by the 1903 July Lease in Article 1 sentence 1.
^ Wikipedia: Timeline of Guantanamo
^ "Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Commanding Officer Relieved". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ "Co".

[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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