USN · Captain

Grow, Bradford Ellsworth

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/02/people/grow_bradford_e.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) Captain from 4 December 1943 · Relieved on 22 November 1944
USS Lexington (CV-16) Captain from 18 November 1945 · Relieved on 11 October 1946

Captain Bradford Ellsworth Grow was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1922. He commanded USS Kasaan Bay (CVE-69) from 4 December 1943 to 22 November 1944. He commanded USS Lexington (CV-16) from 18 November 1945 to 11 October 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CV-16 COs (navsource.org); NavSource CVE-69 COs (navsource.org).