USN · Commander

Humes, Ralph Randolph

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

Ships

USS Savo Island (CVE-78) Commander in command from 18 February 1946 · Relieved on 10 August 1946

Commander Ralph Randolph Humes was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1936. He commanded USS Savo Island (CVE-78) from 18 February 1946 to 10 August 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-78 COs (navsource.org).