Ships
- USS Altamaha (CVE-18) Lieutenant Commander in command from 10 September 1946 · Relieved on 27 September 1946
Lieutenant Commander Ralph Stanley Smyle was a U.S. Naval Reserve officer (NavSource lists 1940). He commanded USS Altamaha (CVE-18) from 10 September 1946 to 27 September 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of commander.
Sources: NavSource CVE-18 COs (navsource.org).