USN · Captain

Pickering, Samuel Marion

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

Ships

USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) Captain from 23 December 1945

Captain Samuel Marion Pickering was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1927. He commanded USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) from 23 December 1945.

Sources: NavSource CVE-77 COs (navsource.org).