USN · Captain

Day, DeVere Lester

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

Ships

USS Chenango (CVE-28) Captain from 13 January 1946 · Relieved on 16 March 1946

Captain DeVere Lester Day was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1925. He commanded USS Chenango (CVE-28) from 13 January 1946 to 16 March 1946.

Sources: NavSource CVE-28 COs (navsource.org).