USCGC Eagle Commanding Officers

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The following is a list of Commanding Officers of USCGC Eagle (WIX-327). There have been a total of 32 Eagle captains during her 80 years under USCG commission, and five during her 10 years of commission as Horst Wessel under the Kriegsmarine.

StyleCaptain
Reports toUSCG LANTAREA
First holderCDR Gordon P. McGowan
Unofficial namesEAGLE
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Commanding Officer of USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
Incumbent
CAPT Kristopher Ensley
since 27 June 2025
United States Coast Guard
StyleCaptain
Reports toUSCG LANTAREA
First holderCDR Gordon P. McGowan
Unofficial namesEAGLE
DeputyLCDR Andrew Horvath, XO
Websiteuscga.edu/mission/eagle
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Many of Eagle's past commanders have gone on to serve with distinction, include ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., who served as the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2010–2014, and VADM James C. Irwin, who served as vice commandant from 1986 to 1988. In all, nine former Eagle commanders and two Horst Wessel commanders achieved flag rank.[1]

Horst Wessel's first commander, German VADM August Thiele served with distinction as commander, Kampfgruppe Thiele during WW2, earning the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, and KADM Kurt Weyher continued in the Imperial German Navy tradition of Count Luckner as a merchant raider, earning the post-war Great Cross of Merit.[2]

KMS Horst Wessel

(Rank at assumption of command)

  • Kapitan zur See August Thiele, 1936–1938[1]
  • Korvettenkapitan Kurt Weyher, January 1939 – September 1939[3]
  • Kapitanleutnant Martin Kretschmar, March 1940 – May 1940[3]
  • Fregattenkapitan Peter E. Eiffe, March 1941 – November 1942[3]
  • Kapitanleutnant Berthold Schnibbe, November 1942 – May 1945[3][4]

USCGC Barque Eagle

Plaque of Eagle COs in Eagle's flag cabin as of 2020
Four generations of Eagle COs, (L-R) CAPT Jones, ADM Papp, CAPT Pulver, CAPT(ret) Cummings, 2012
KptLt Berthold Schnibbe (left) with CDR Gordon P. McGowan in Bremerhaven, 1946

(Rank at assumption of command)

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NoNameYearsNotesRefs
1CDR Gordon P. McGowan1946–1947First Eagle CO[4][3]
2CAPT Miles Imlay1947–1948Later [5]
3CAPT Carl B. Olsen1949-1950Later [6]
4CAPT Carl B. Bowman1950–1954[7]
5CAPT Karl O. A. Zittel1954–1958[8]
6CAPT William B. Ellis1959Later [9]
7CAPT Chester I. Steele1960–1961Later [10]
8CDR Robert A. Schulz1961–1962[11]
9CAPT William K. Earle1963–1965[12]
10LCDR Peter A. Morrill1965[13][11]
11CDR Archibald B. How1965–1967[14]
12CAPT Stephen G. Carkeek1967[15]
13CAPT Harold A. Paulsen1968–1971[1]
14CAPT Edward D. Cassidy1972–1973[16]
15CAPT James C. Irwin1974–1975Later [17]
16CAPT James R. Kelly1975–1976[18]
17CAPT Paul A. Welling1976–1980Later [19]
18CAPT Martin J. Moynihan1980–1983[20]
19CAPT Ernst M. Cummings1983–1988[21]
20CAPT David V.V. Wood1988–1992[22]
21CAPT Patrick Stillman1992–1995Later [23]
22CAPT Donald R. Grosse1995–1996[1]
23CAPT Robert J. Papp Jr.1996–1999Later [24]
24CAPT Ivan T. Luke1999-2003[25]
25CAPT Eric Shaw2003–2006[26]
26CAPT Joseph C. Sinnett2006–2009[27]
27CAPT Eric Jones2009–2012Later [28]
28CAPT Raymond "Wes" Pulver2012–2015[29]
29CAPT Matthew Meilstrup2015–2019[30]
30CAPT Michael Turdo2019–2022[31]
31CAPT Jessica Rozzi-Ochs2022–2025First female CO[32][33]
32CAPT Kristopher Ensley2025–[34]
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