Ships
- USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) Captain from 23 February 1946 · Relieved on 9 July 1947
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Captain Bowen Fails McLeod graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1930. He commanded the carrier Bunker Hill (CV-17) after the war, from 23 February 1946 to 9 July 1947. In that time the ship, which had been badly damaged by kamikazes off Okinawa in May 1945, was laid up and placed out of commission in reserve at Bremerton in January 1947. NavSource has his official portrait.
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Sources
NavSource, CV-17 commanding officers (with portrait).
Wikipedia/DANFS, "USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)" (decommissioned 9 January 1947).