Ships
- USS Samuel Chase (APA-26) Commanding officer from 13 June 1942 · Commissioning line calls him Commander Roger C. Heimer, Coast Guard · Relieved on 29 January 1944
Commander Roger Clarence Heimer, Coast Guard, had Samuel Chase (APA-26) from her commissioning on 13 June 1942 until 29 January 1944. The commissioning line calls him Commander Roger C. Heimer. A Legion of Merit citation for the Sicily assault calls him a captain. The day the rank changed does not appear in either line.
He had her for the passage from Hampton Roads in September 1942, the landing at Algiers, Sicily in July 1943, and Salerno in September. The Legion of Merit and a Gold Star cover 10 to 12 July 1943 off Gela. The landing in the Gulf of Salerno, from 9 September, was still his.
Captain Edward Henry Fritzsche, Coast Guard, relieved him on 29 January 1944. Normandy and the landing in the Bay of Pampelonne were Fritzsche's. So was the shoal she struck in March 1945. Training had begun on 14 March. She struck two days later. Paul Kelly Perry relieved Fritzsche on 19 March.
Commander Terrill Hoyt Wilhelm Conner, Navy, had her from May 1946 until 21 July 1946. Commander Briscoe Chipman, Navy, had her from that day until 9 December 1946. Commander James Edward Kendall, Naval Reserve, had her from 9 December through the decommissioning at Norfolk on 26 February 1947. A town, an Academy class, and a date of birth do not appear on the command list or in the commissioning line.