USN · Lieutenant Commander

Wood, George Orr

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

Ships

USS Bougainville (CVE-100) Lieutenant Commander in command from 30 June 1946 · Relieved on 14 September 1946

Lieutenant Commander George Orr Wood entered naval aviation through the NAVCAD program (1940). He commanded USS Bougainville (CVE-100) from 30 June 1946 to 14 September 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of commander.

Sources: NavSource CVE-100 COs (navsource.org).