USN · Captain

Smoot, Otho Perry Jr.

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

Ships

USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) Captain from 25 September 1945 · Relieved on 15 May 1946

Captain Otho Perry Smoot, Jr. was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1926. He commanded USS Nehenta Bay (CVE-74) from 25 September 1945 to 15 May 1946.

Sources: NavSource CVE-74 COs (navsource.org).