USN · Captain

Rice, Lester Kimme

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

Ships

USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) Captain from 5 February 1945 · Relieved on 1 December 1945

Captain Lester Kimme Rice was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1924. He commanded USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) from 5 February 1945 to 1 December 1945. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CVE-107 COs (navsource.org).