The Second Cruise

This section of the USS Stephen Potter website was taken from a book compiled and edited by Lt. Wilson F. (Bill) Minor USNR (Ret.).  Thank you Bill for sharing your book with us!

USS Stephen Potter
The Story of DD538
Told from recollections of the men who served aboard the Potter during World War II and later in the Korean Conflict.

 

Captains during the Second Cruise of the Stephen Potter
James H. Batcheller, Jr. Commander 3/24/51 - 6/14/52
Jack W. Hammer Commander 6/14/52 - 12-23-52
Thomas R. Eddy Commander 12-23-52 - 12/31/54
Neal Almgren Commander 12/31/54 - 8/10/56
Eldon L. Edwards Commander 8/10/56 - 6/13/58*

*Decommissioned at San Francisco Naval Shipyard