USN · Commander

Briner, Harmon Vedder

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

Ships

USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) Commander in command from 21 January 1945 · Relieved on 28 January 1945

Commander Harmon Vedder Briner was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1930. He commanded USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) from 21 January 1945 to 28 January 1945. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CV-14 COs (navsource.org).