USN · Commander

Palmer, Fitzhugh Lee

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

Ships

USS Altamaha (CVE-18) Commander in command from 15 February 1946 · Relieved on 10 September 1946

Commander Fitzhugh Lee Palmer was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1936. He commanded USS Altamaha (CVE-18) from 15 February 1946 to 10 September 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-18 COs (navsource.org).