USN · Commander

McCracken, Reginald Rudolph

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/mccracken_reginald_r.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 27 September 1946 · Relieved on 30 November 1946

Commander Reginald Rudolph McCracken was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1931. He commanded USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105) from 27 September 1946 to 30 November 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

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