USN · Commander

Willett, Roland Louis

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

Ships

USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89) Commander in command from 18 January 1946 · Relieved on 18 June 1946

Commander Roland Louis Willett entered naval aviation through the NAVCAD program (1938). He commanded USS Takanis Bay (CVE-89) from 18 January 1946 to 18 June 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-89 COs (navsource.org).