Operation Nimbus Spar - Sixth Fleet Commanders

Sixth Fleet Commanders

1. June 1946 – July 1948 VADM Bernhard Bieri
2. July 1948 – November 1949 VADM Forrest Sherman
3. November 1949 – March 1951 VADM John Ballentine
4. March 1951 – May 1952 VADM Matthias Gardner
5. May 1952 – March 1954 VADM John Cassady
6. June 1954 – March 1955 VADM Thomas Combs
7. March 1955 – April 1956 VADM Ralph Ofstie
8. April 1956 – August 1956 VADM H.D. Felt
9. August 1956 – September 1958 VADM Charles Brown
10. Sept 1958 – September 1959 VADM Clarence Ekstrom
11. September 1959 – July 1961 VADM George Anderson
12. July 1961 – March 1963 VADM David McDonald
13. March 1963 – June 1964 VADM William Gentner
14. June 1964 – September 1966 VADM William Ellis
15. September 1966 – April 1967 VADM Frederick Ashworth
16. April 1967 – August 1968 VADM William Martin
17. August 1968 – August 1970 VADM David Richardson
18. August 1970 – October 1971 VADM Isaac C. Kidd Jr.
19. October 1971– June 1973 VADM Gerald Miller
20. June 1973 – September 1974 VADM Daniel Murphy
21. September 1974 – August 1976 VADM Frederick Turner
22. August 1976 – September 1978 VADM Harry Train II
23. September 1978 – July 1979 VADM James Watkins
24. July 1979 – June 1981 VADM William Small
25. June 1981 – July 1983 VADM William Rowden
26. July 1983 – February 1985 VADM Edward Martin
27. February 1985 – June 1986 VADM Frank Kelso II
28. June 1986 – August 1988 VADM Kendall Moranville
29. August 1988 – November 1990 VADM J.D. Williams
30. November 1990– July 1992 VADM William Owens
31. July 1992 – December 1993 VADM Thomas J. Lopez
32. December 1993 – April 1995 VADM Joseph Prueher
33. April 1995 – July 1996 VADM Donald Pilling
34. July 1996 – July 1998 VADM Charles Abbot
35. July 1998 – October 2000 VADM Daniel Murphy Jr
36. October 2000 – October 2001 VADM Gregory Johnson
37. October 2001 – November 2003 VADM Scott Fry
38. November 2003– May 2005 VADM H. G. Ulrich III
39. May 2005 – September 2007 VADM J. "Boomer" Stufflebeem
40. September 2007 – August 2008 VADM James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
41. August 2008 – November 2009 VADM Bruce W. Clingan
42. November 2009 – October 2011 VADM Harry Harris
43. October 2011 – present VADM Frank Craig Pandolfe