USN · Commander

Head, Nelson Mead

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

Ships

USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105) Commander in command from 10 February 1946 · Relieved on 27 September 1946

Commander Nelson Mead Head was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1931. He commanded USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105) from 10 February 1946 to 27 September 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-105 COs (navsource.org).