Editing USS Constitution (section)

==Commanders==
Since she was first launched in 1797, there have been 77 commanders of ''Constitution''.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/discover-learn/history/ships-crew/commanders-of-the-constitution/ | title = Commanders of Constitution | access-date = November 12, 2019 | publisher = USS Constitution Museum }}</ref>

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! Name !! Rank !! Start date !! End date
|-
| [[Samuel Nicholson]] || [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] || {{dts|1798|7|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1799|6|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Silas Talbot]] || Captain || {{dts|1799|6|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1801|9|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Nathaniel Haraden]] || [[Master (naval)|Sailing Master]] || {{dts|1802|6|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1803|5|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Edward Preble]] || Captain || {{dts|1803|5|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1804|10|28|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Stephen Decatur]] || Captain || {{dts|1804|10|28|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1804|11|9|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Rodgers (1772–1838)|John Rodgers]] || Captain || {{dts|1804|11|9|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1806|5|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Hugh George Campbell]] || Captain || {{dts|1806|5|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1807|12|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Rodgers (1772–1838)|John Rodgers]] || Captain || {{dts|1809|2|20|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1810|6|17|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Isaac Hull]] || Captain || {{dts|1810|6|17|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1812|9|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[William Bainbridge]] || Captain || {{dts|1812|9|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1813|7|18|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Charles Stewart (1778–1869)|Charles Stewart]] || Captain || {{dts|1813|7|18|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1815|7|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jacob Jones (naval officer)|Jacob Jones]] || Captain || {{dts|1821|4|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1824|5|31|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Thomas Macdonough]] || Captain || {{dts|1824|5|31|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1825|10|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Daniel Todd Patterson]] || Captain || {{dts|1825|10|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1825|12|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[George Campbell Read]] || Captain || {{dts|1826|1|23|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1826|2|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Daniel Todd Patterson]] || Captain || {{dts|1826|2|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1828|7|19|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jesse Duncan Elliott]] || Captain || {{dts|1835|3|3|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1838|8|18|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Daniel Turner (naval officer)|Daniel Turner]] || Captain || {{dts|1839|3|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1841|11|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Foxhall Alexander Parker Sr.]] || Captain || {{dts|1842|7|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1843|2|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Percival]] || Captain || {{dts|1843|12|13|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1846|10|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Gwinn]] || Captain || {{dts|1848|10|9|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1849|9|4|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[James H. Rowan]] || [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] || {{dts|1849|9|4|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1849|9|18|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Thomas Anderson Conover]] || Captain || {{dts|1849|9|18|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1851|1|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Singleton Rudd]] || [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] || {{dts|1852|12|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1855|6|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[David Dixon Porter]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1860|8|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1860|8|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[George Washington Rodgers|George Washington Rodgers II]]|| Lieutenant || {{dts|1860|9|20|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1861|9|23|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Edward Phelps Lull]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1861|9|23|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1863|12|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Henry Martin Blue]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1863|12|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1864|4|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Philip C. Johnson Jr.|Philip Carrigan Johnson Jr.]] || [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant Commander]] || {{dts|1864|4|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1866|2|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Edmund Matthews]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1866|2|16|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1866|2|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Thomas Henderson Eastman]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1866|2|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1867|11|6|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[George Dewey]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1867|11|6|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1870|8|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Henry Lycurgus Howison]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1870|8|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1871|9|19|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Henry A. Adams Jr.]] || Captain || {{dts|1877|1|13|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1877|8|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[James Augustin Greer]] || Captain || {{dts|1877|8|15|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1877|8|23|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Reigart Boliver Lowry]] || Captain || {{dts|1877|8|23|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1877|9|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Augustus Paul Cooke]] || Commander || {{dts|1877|9|5|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1878|1|9|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Oscar C. Badger]] || Captain || {{dts|1878|1|9|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1879|8|2|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Francis H. Baker]] || Captain || {{dts|1879|8|2|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1879|9|25|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Oscar Fitzalon Stanton]] || Captain || {{dts|1879|10|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1881|6|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Edwin Malcolm Shepard]] || Commander || {{dts|1881|6|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1881|12|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John William Powers]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1905|5|20|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1905|5|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Louis Joseph Gulliver]] || Commander || {{dts|1931|7|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1934|6|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Hermann Pierce Knickerbocker]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1940|8|24|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1941|12|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Clarence Earl McBride]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1941|12|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1945|3|27|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Owen William Huff]] || Lieutenant Commander || {{dts|1945|3|27|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1947|7|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Harry Corrolli]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1947|7|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1947|12|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Louis Everette Wood]] || [[Warrant officer (United States)#Navy|Chief Warrant Officer]] || {{dts|1947|12|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1950|3|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Knud Haabendal Christensen]] || Chief Warrant Officer || {{dts|1950|3|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1952|4|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Albert C. Messier]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1952|4|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1954|6|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Charles William Morris]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1954|6|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1957|4|25|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[David G. O'Brien]] || [[Lieutenant (junior grade)|Lieutenant Junior Grade]] || {{dts|1957|4|25|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1959|3|31|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Edward Joseph Melanson Jr.]] || Lieutenant Junior Grade || {{dts|1959|3|31|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1960|7|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Victor Bernard Stevens Jr.]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1960|7|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1963|8|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John Christopher Kelleher]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1963|8|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1965|6|28|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Joseph Clark Grew II (Naval officer)|Joseph Clark Grew II]] || Lieutenant || {{dts|1965|6|28|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1967|4|28|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Hugh Albert Moore]] || Commander || {{dts|1969|3|27|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1970|10|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Jack Loren Reifschneider]] || Commander || {{dts|1970|10|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1971|8|20|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[John David McKinnon]] || Commander || {{dts|1971|8|20|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1972|12|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Thomas Coyne (Naval officer)|Thomas Coyne]] || Commander || {{dts|1972|12|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1974|8|6|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Tyrone G. Martin|Tyrone Gabriel Martin]] || Commander || {{dts|1974|8|6|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1978|6|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Robert Leo Gillen]] || Commander || {{dts|1978|6|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1980|9|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Herman Otto Sudholz]] || Commander || {{dts|1980|9|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1985|6|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Joseph Zachariah Brown]] || Commander || {{dts|1985|6|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1987|7|8|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[David Matthew Cashman]] || Commander || {{dts|1987|8|1|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1991|9|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Richard Bradford Amirault]] || Commander || {{dts|1991|9|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1995|7|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Michael Charles Beck]] || Commander || {{dts|1995|7|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1997|7|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Christopher Allan Melhuish]] || Commander || {{dts|1997|7|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|1999|7|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[William Feeny Foster Jr.]] || Commander || {{dts|1999|7|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2001|8|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Randall Allan Neal]] || Commander || {{dts|2001|8|11|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2003|7|19|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Lewin C. Wright]] || Commander || {{dts|2003|7|19|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2005|7|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Thomas C. Graves]] (Relieved of Command) || Commander || {{dts|2005|7|30|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2007|5|10|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[William A. Bullard III]] || Commander || {{dts|2007|5|10|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2009|7|24|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Timothy M. Cooper]] || Commander || {{dts|2009|7|24|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2011|7|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Matthew Bonner]] || Commander || {{dts|2011|7|22|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2013|7|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Sean D. Kearns]] || Commander || {{dts|2013|7|26|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2015|8|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Robert S. Gerosa Jr.]] || Commander || {{dts|2015|8|14|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2017|11|3|format=dmy|abbr=on}}
|-
| [[Nathaniel R. Shick]] || Commander || {{dts|2017|11|3|format=dmy|abbr=on}} || {{dts|2020|2|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}<ref name=ChangeOfCommand2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/ussconstitutionofficial/posts/10156484187866741  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/131534206740/10156484187866741 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Constitution Departing! |date=29 February 2020 |website=USS Constitution Official Facebook Page |publisher=Facebook |access-date=29 February 2020 |quote=Constitution Departing! Today, USS Constitution held its change of command ceremony! Thank you Cmdr. Nathaniel Shick for your leadership and successful tour as the ship's 75th commanding officer. We welcome aboard Cmdr. John Benda! We are excited to serve alongside you! Huzzah!}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| [[John A. Benda]] || Commander || {{dts|2020|2|29|format=dmy|abbr=on}}<ref name=ChangeOfCommand2020 /> || {{dts|2022|1|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}}<ref name=ChangeOfCommand2022/>
|-
| [[Billie J. Farrell]] || Commander || {{dts|2022|1|21|format=dmy|abbr=on}}<ref name=ChangeOfCommand2022>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2888699/first-woman-to-serve-as-commanding-officer-of-uss-constitution-in-ships-224-yea/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105151543/https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2888699/first-woman-to-serve-as-commanding-officer-of-uss-constitution-in-ships-224-yea/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2022 |title=First Woman to Serve as Commanding Officer of USS Constitution in Ship's 224-year History |date=5 January 2022 |website=Navy |publisher=United States Navy Press Office |access-date=8 January 2022 |quote=As the 77th commanding officer of USS Constitution, Farrell will become the first woman to serve as captain in the ship's 224-year history, dating back to 1797.}}</ref> || 21 Jun 2024
|-
|[[Crystal L. Schaefer]]
|Commander
|21 Jun 2024
|present<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Ironsides Crew |url=https://www.navy.mil/USS-CONSTITUTION/Old-Ironsides-Crew/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.navy.mil}}</ref>
|}