Captain Victor Ashfield Kimberly
Captain Victor Ashfield Kimberly commanded the battleship Arizona from 27 June 1928 to 04 September 1928.
Captain Kimberly had a short stint as C.O. of the Arizona (BB-39). Apparently he pulled some strings in Washington D.C. to get command of the newer battleship Maryland (BB-46) with her 16 inch guns; he was captain from 6 September 1928 to 16 May 1930. This stunt did not go over with his shipmates on the Arizona and he was not a popular topic in the officers wardroom. This might explain why he never was promoted to Admiral.
Information and Photo Contributed by Bill Gonyo
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Captain Josiah Slutts McKean - 18 February 1918 to 11 September 1918
Captain John Havens Dayton - 11 September 1918 to 26 June 1920
Captain William Woodward Phelps - 26 June 1920 to 11 June 1921
Captain Jehu Valentine Chase - 11 Jun 1921 to 24 Dec 1921
Captain George Ralph Marvell - 24 December 1921 to 27 July 1922
Captain John Russell Young Blakely - 27 Jul 1922 to 29 Nov 1923
Captain Percy Napier Olmstead - 29 November 1923 to 27 June 1925
Captain Harlan Page Perrill - 27 Jun 1925 to 24 May 1927
Captain William Theodore Tarrant - 24 May 1927 to 27 Jun 1928
Captain Victor Ashfield Kimberly - 27 June 1928 to 04 September 1928
Captain Ward Kenneth Wortman - 4 Sep 1928 to 29 Apr 1930
CDR Thaddeus Austin Thomson, Jr. - 29 Apr 1930 to 20 Sep 1930
Captain Charles Seymour Freeman - 20 September 1930 to 20 June 1932
Capt. Charles Sylvanus Kerrick - 20 Jun 1932 to 30 Sep 1933
Captain MacGillivray Milne - 30 Sep 1933 to 10 Dec 1934
Captain George Martin Baum - 10 Dec 1934 to 8 Jun 1936
Captain George Andrew Alexander - 6th of August 1936 to 12 November 1937
Captain Alfred Winsor Brown, Jr. - 11 Dec 1937 to 7 Sep 1938
CDR Wallace Benjamin Phillips - 7 Sep 1938 to 17 Sep 1938
Captain Isaac Campbell Kidd - 17 Sep 1938 to 3 Feb 1940
Captain Harold Cecil Train - 5 September 1940 to 5 February 1941
Captain Ellis Hugh Geiselman - 3 Feb 1941 to 5 Feb 1941
Captain Franklin B. Van Valkenburgh - 5 Feb 1941 to 7 Dec 1941