USN · Commander

Eastwold, Earl Russell

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

Ships

USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) Commander in command from 6 July 1946 · Relieved on 24 October 1946

Commander Earl Russell Eastwold was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1932. He commanded USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) from 6 July 1946 to 24 October 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CVE-94 COs (navsource.org).