USN · Commander

Ballinger, Richard Robert

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

Ships

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) Commander in command from 17 August 1944 · Relieved on 19 August 1944

Commander Richard Robert Ballinger was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1929. He commanded USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) from 17 August 1944 to 19 August 1944. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CVE-73 COs (navsource.org).