USN · Commander

Close, Burdette Eugene

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/close_burdette_e.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Matanikau (CVE-101) Commander in command from 11 June 1946 · Relieved on 10 August 1946

Commander Burdette Eugene Close was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1932. He commanded USS Matanikau (CVE-101) from 11 June 1946 to 10 August 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-101 COs (navsource.org).