Skippers
WAGB 83 had 30 skippers during her nearly 62-year career:
- Cmdr. Edwin J. Roland 1944–46
- Cmdr. Carl H. Stober 1946–47
- Capt. Harold J. Doebler 1947–49
- Capt. Carl G. Bowman 1949–50
- Capt. Dwight H. Dexter 1950–52
- Cmdr. Willard J. Smith 1952–54
- Capt. Clifford R. Maclean 1954–56
- Capt. Evor S. Kerr 1956–58
- Capt. John P. German 1958–60
- Capt. Joseph Howe 1960–62
- Capt. Benjamin Chiswell, Jr. 1962–64
- Capt. George H. Lawrence 1964–66
- Capt. George D. Winstein 1966–68
- Capt. Otto F. Unsinn 1968–70
- Capt. Lilbourn A. Pharris, Jr. 1970–72
- Capt. John H. Bruce 1972–74
- Capt. Lawrence A. White 1974–76
- Capt. Donald D. Garnett 1976–78
- Capt. Gordon Hall 1978–80
- Capt. Francis J. Honke 1980–83
- Capt. P.R. Taylor 1983–85
- Capt. A. H. Litteken, Jr. 1985–88
- Capt. J. J. McQueeny 1988–89
- Capt. A. H. Litteken, Jr. 1989–89
- Capt. R. J. Parsons 1989–92
- Capt. C. A. Swedberg 1992–95
- Cmdr. K. R. Colwell 1995–98
- Cmdr. E. Sinclair 1998–2000
- Cmdr. J. H. Nickerson 2000–03
- Cmdr. Joseph C. McGuiness 2003–06
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