USN · Commander

Dickey, Willie Mills

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

Ships

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) Commander in command from 1 August 1946 · Relieved on 1 March 1947

Commander Willie Mills Dickey was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1934. He commanded USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) from 1 August 1946 to 1 March 1947. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVL-30 COs (navsource.org).